星星之火，可以燎原

Chinese

				can; may; can can; may; can; to be able to	to set the prairie ablaze
trad. (星星之火，可以燎原)		星星之火	，	可以	燎原
simp. ^#(星星之火，可以燎原)		星星之火	，	可以	燎原
Literally: “a single spark can start a huge blaze”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīngxīng zhī huǒ, kěyǐ liáoyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥㄒㄧㄥㄓㄏㄨㄛˇ, ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ sing¹ zi¹ fo², ho² ji⁵ liu⁴ jyun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīngxīng zhī huǒ, kěyǐ liáoyuán [Phonetic: xīngxīngzhīhuǒ,kéyǐliáoyuán]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥㄒㄧㄥㄓㄏㄨㄛˇ, ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: singsing jhih huǒ, kěyǐ liáoyuán
  - Wade–Giles: hsing¹-hsing¹ chih¹ huo³- kʻo³-i³ liao²-yüan²
  - Yale: syīng-syīng jr̄ hwǒ-, kě-yǐ lyáu-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingshing jy huoo, keeyii liauyuan
  - Palladius: синсин чжи хо, кэи ляоюань (sinsin čži xo, kɛi ljaojuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xwɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ljɑʊ̯³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing¹ sing¹ zi¹ fo², ho² ji⁵ liu⁴ jyun⁴
  - Yale: sīng sīng jī fó, hó yíh lìuh yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ sing¹ dzi¹ fo², ho² ji⁵ liu⁴ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ xing¹ ji¹ fo², ho² yi⁵ liu⁴ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵ hɔː³⁵ jiː¹³ liːu̯²¹ jyːn²¹/

Proverb

星星之火，可以燎原

an insignificant cause can have a massive effect

See also

星火燎原 (xīnghuǒliáoyuán)
燎原之火

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