強中自有強中手

Chinese

strength; force; power
strength; force; power; powerful; better
 
middle; centre; within
middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 
from; self; oneself
from; self; oneself; since
 
to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 
strength; force; power
strength; force; power; powerful; better
 
middle; centre; within
middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 
hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (強中自有強中手)
simp. (强中自有强中手)

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiángzhōngzìyǒuqiángzhōngshǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄡˇ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): koeng4 zung1 zi6 jau5 koeng4 zung1 sau2

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: qiángzhōngzìyǒuqiángzhōngshǒu
      • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄡˇ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: ciángjhongzìhyǒuciángjhongshǒu
      • Wade–Giles: chʻiang2-chung1-tzŭ4-yu3-chʻiang2-chung1-shou3
      • Yale: chyáng-jūng-dz̀-yǒu-chyáng-jūng-shǒu
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangjongtzyhyeouchyangjongshoou
      • Palladius: цянчжунцзыюцянчжуншоу (cjančžunczyjucjančžunšou)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • Cantonese

Proverb

強中自有強中手

  1. one should never be complacent because there is always room to improve one's craft