七十瓦上霜，八十不稀奇 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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| seventy; 70 | tile | up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up |
frost | eighty | not; no | unusual; extraordinary; strange | ||
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| trad. (七十瓦上霜，八十不稀奇) | 七十 | 瓦 | 上 | 霜 | ， | 八十 | 不 | 稀奇 |
| simp. #(七十瓦上霜，八十不稀奇) | 七十 | 瓦 | 上 | 霜 | ， | 八十 | 不 | 稀奇 |
| Literally: “at seventy the tiles have frost on them, [but don't worry,] eighty isn't that unusual”. |
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): qīshí wǎ shàng shuāng, bāshí bù xīqí
- (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄕˊ ㄨㄚˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄤ , ㄅㄚ ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ ㄑㄧˊ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qīshí wǎ shàng shuāng, bāshí bù xīqí
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄕˊ ㄨㄚˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄤ , ㄅㄚ ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ ㄑㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cishíh wǎ shàng shuang, bashíh bù sicí
- Wade–Giles: chʻi1-shih2 wa3 shang4 shuang1, pa1-shih2 pu4 hsi1-chʻi2
- Yale: chī-shŕ wǎ shàng shwāng-, bā-shŕ bù syī-chí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chishyr woa shanq shuang, bashyr bu shichyi
- Palladius: циши ва шан шуан, баши бу сици (ciši va šan šuan, baši bu sici)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
七十瓦上霜，八十不稀奇