千金難買少年窮

Chinese

		large amount of money; riches; daughter	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	buy	early youth; juvenile; youngster	exhausted; poor
trad. (千金難買少年窮)		千金	難	買	少年	窮
simp. (千金难买少年穷)		千金	难	买	少年	穷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānjīn nán mǎi shàonián qióng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄞˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ gam¹ naan⁴ maai⁵ siu³ nin⁴ kung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānjīn nán mǎi shàonián qióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄞˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianjin nán mǎi shàonián cyóng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-chin¹ nan² mai³ shao⁴-nien² chʻiung²
  - Yale: chyān-jīn nán mǎi shàu-nyán chyúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianjin nan mae shawnian chyong
  - Palladius: цяньцзинь нань май шаонянь цюн (cjanʹczinʹ nanʹ maj šaonjanʹ cjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ nän³⁵ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ gam¹ naan⁴ maai⁵ siu³ nin⁴ kung⁴
  - Yale: chīn gām nàahn máaih siu nìhn kùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ gam¹ naan⁴ maai⁵ siu³ nin⁴ kung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ gem¹ nan⁴ mai⁵ xiu³ nin⁴ kung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ naːn²¹ maːi̯¹³ siːu̯³³ niːn²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/

Proverb

千金難買少年窮

Living with hardship and poverty in one's early youth is a precious experience

Synonyms

千金難買少年貧／千金难买少年贫