適可而止

Chinese

		to fit; to suit	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (適可而止)		適	可	而	止
simp. (适可而止)		适	可	而	止
variant forms		skr而止 slang

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìkě'érzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄦˊ ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ ho² ji⁴ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): sek-khó-lî-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìkě'érzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄦˊ ㄓˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhkeeerljyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ ho² ji⁴ zi²
  - Yale: sīk hó yìh jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ ho² ji⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ ho² yi⁴ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-khó-lî-chí
  - Tâi-lô: sik-khó-lî-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sekqoylicie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li¹³⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li²³⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴¹/

Idiom

適可而止

to stop when appropriate; not to overdo; enough is enough

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