一字千金

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	thousand	metal; gold; money
simp. and trad. (一字千金)		一	字	千	金
Literally: “one character (is worth) one thousand (pieces of) gold”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīzìqiānjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄗˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zi⁶ cin¹ gam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīzìqiānjīn [Phonetic: yízìqiānjīn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄗˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yizìhcianjin
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-tzŭ⁴-chʻien¹-chin¹
  - Yale: yī-dz̀-chyān-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itzyhchianjin
  - Palladius: ицзыцяньцзинь (iczycjanʹczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰjɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ zi⁶ cin¹ gam¹
  - Yale: yāt jih chīn gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzi⁶ tsin¹ gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ji⁶ qin¹ gem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː²² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

一字千金

extraordinary writing; uncommonly good writing

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	字	千	金
いち Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1	せん Grade: 1	きん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

When Lu Buwei wrote Lushi Chunqui, he presented the finished book at the gate of Hanyang and offered a thousand (千) taels to anyone who could correct even one character (一字)

Noun

一(いち)字(じ)千(せん)金(きん) • (ichiji senkin)

(idiomatic) a word of great value
very good handwriting or calligraphy
incomparable kind favor

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