精益求精

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	benefit; increase	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient
simp. and trad. (精益求精)		精	益	求	精

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngyìqiújīng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ jik¹ kau⁴ zing¹
Min Nan (POJ): cheng-ek-kiû-cheng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīngyìqiújīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingyihchyoujing
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingyìcióujing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰjoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ jik¹ kau⁴ zing¹
  - Yale: jīng yīk kàuh jīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ jik⁷ kau⁴ dzing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ yig¹ keo⁴ jing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ jɪk̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-ek-kiû-cheng
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-ik-kiû-tsing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeng'ekkiuzefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ iɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiu²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kiu¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

精益求精

to keep on improving; to constantly improve

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