一刻千金

Chinese

		short time; moment; fifteen minutes short time; moment; fifteen minutes; quarter of an hour	large amount of money; riches; daughter
simp. and trad. (一刻千金)		一刻	千金

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīkèqiānjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ hak¹ cin¹ gam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīkèqiānjīn [Phonetic: yíkèqiānjīn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yikècianjin
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-kʻo⁴-chʻien¹-chin¹
  - Yale: yī-kè-chyān-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ikehchianjin
  - Palladius: икэцяньцзинь (ikɛcjanʹczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ hak¹ cin¹ gam¹
  - Yale: yāt hāk chīn gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ hak⁷ tsin¹ gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ heg¹ qin¹ gem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ hɐk̚⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

一刻千金

every minute is precious

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	刻	千	金
いち > いっ Grade: 1	こく Grade: 6	せん Grade: 1	きん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いっこくせんきん [ìkkókúséńkíń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ik̚ko̞kɯ̟sẽ̞ŋʲkʲĩɴ]

Proverb

一(いっ)刻(こく)千(せん)金(きん) • (ikkokusenkin)

each moment is precious because time passes quickly

References

“一刻千金”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025