事倍功半

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	(two, three, etc) ‑fold; times (multiplier); double (two, three, etc) ‑fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply	merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
simp. and trad. (事倍功半)		事	倍	功	半

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìbèi-gōngbàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄅㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄥㄅㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ pui⁵ gung¹ bun³
Min Nan (POJ): sū-pōe-kong-pòaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìbèi-gōngbàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄅㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄥㄅㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhbeygongbann
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhbèigongbàn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ pui⁵ gung¹ bun³
  - Yale: sih púih gūng bun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ pui⁵ gung¹ bun³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ pui⁵ gung¹ bun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² pʰuːy̯¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ puːn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-pōe-kong-pòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sū-puē-kong-puànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxpoexkongpvoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ pue²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² puã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻²² pue⁴¹⁻²² kɔŋ³³ puã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ pue²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² puã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ pue³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ puã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ pue³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ puã²¹/

Idiom

事倍功半

to get half the result with twice the effort

Antonyms

事半功倍 (shìbàn-gōngbèi)

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