一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰

Chinese

	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	a unit of length	bright and dark; light and shade; time	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	a unit of length	metal; gold; money		a unit of length	metal; gold; money	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	buy	a unit of length	bright and dark; light and shade; time
trad. (一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰)	一	寸	光陰	一	寸	金	，	寸	金	難	買	寸	光陰
simp. (一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴)	一	寸	光阴	一	寸	金	，	寸	金	难	买	寸	光阴
Literally: “An inch of time is as long as an inch of gold in length, but an inch of time cannot be purchased with an inch of gold.”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yī cùn guāngyīn yī cùn jīn, cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāngyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄤㄧㄣㄧㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ, ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄞˇ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄤㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ cyun³ gwong¹ jam¹ jat¹ cyun³ gam¹, cyun³ gam¹ naan⁴ maai⁵ cyun³ gwong¹ jam¹
Wu (Wiktionary): ⁴iq-tshen ¹kuaan-in ⁴iq-tshen ¹jin ²tshen-jin ³ne-ma ²tshen-kuaan-in

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yī cùn guāngyīn yī cùn jīn, cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāngyīn [Phonetic: yí cùn guāngyīn yí cùn jīn, cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāngyīn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄤㄧㄣㄧㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ, ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄞˇ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄤㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yi cùn guangyin yi cùn jin, cùn jin nán mǎi cùn guangyin
  - Wade–Giles: i¹ tsʻun⁴ kuang¹-yin¹ i¹ tsʻun⁴ chin¹- tsʻun⁴ chin¹ nan² mai³ tsʻun⁴ kuang¹-yin¹
  - Yale: yī tswùn gwāng-yīn yī tswùn jīn-, tswùn jīn nán mǎi tswùn gwāng-yīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i tsuenn guangin i tsuenn jin, tsuenn jin nan mae tsuenn guangin
  - Palladius: и цунь гуанъинь и цунь цзинь, цунь цзинь нань май цунь гуанъинь (i cunʹ guanʺinʹ i cunʹ czinʹ, cunʹ czinʹ nanʹ maj cunʹ guanʺinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sʰwən⁵¹ kwɑŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sʰwən⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sʰwən⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ nän³⁵ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sʰwən⁵¹ kwɑŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ cyun³ gwong¹ jam¹ jat¹ cyun³ gam¹, cyun³ gam¹ naan⁴ maai⁵ cyun³ gwong¹ jam¹
  - Yale: yāt chyun gwōng yām yāt chyun gām, chyun gām nàahn máaih chyun gwōng yām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ tsyn³ gwong¹ jam¹ jat⁷ tsyn³ gam¹, tsyn³ gam¹ naan⁴ maai⁵ tsyn³ gwong¹ jam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ qun³ guong¹ yem¹ yed¹ qun³ gem¹, qun³ gem¹ nan⁴ mai⁵ qun³ guong¹ yem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡ʃʰyːn³³ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ t͡ʃʰyːn³³ kɐm⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰyːn³³ kɐm⁵⁵ naːn²¹ maːi̯¹³ t͡ʃʰyːn³³ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ⁴iq-tshen ¹kuaan-in ⁴iq-tshen ¹jin ²tshen-jin ³ne-ma ²tshen-kuaan-in
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ɪʔ³³ t͡sʰəɲ³³ kɯɑ̃⁵⁵ ɪɲ³³ i̯ɪʔ³³ t͡sʰəɲ³³ t͡ɕɪɲ⁵³ t͡sʰəɲ³³ t͡ɕɪɲ³³ ne̞²² ma̱³³ t͡sʰəɲ³³ kɯɑ̃⁵⁵ ɪɲ²¹/

Proverb

一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰

time is priceless; money cannot buy you time

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