"萬般皆下品,惟有讀書高" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [Chinese]

IPA: /wän⁵¹ pän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /maːn²² puːn⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵ haː²² pɐn³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ tʊk̚² syː⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /wän⁵¹ pän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/, /maːn²² puːn⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵ haː²² pɐn³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ tʊk̚² syː⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: wànbān jiē xiàpǐn [Mandarin, Pinyin], wéiyǒu dúshū gāo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄢ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄆㄧㄣˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ ㄍㄠ [Mandarin, bopomofo], maan⁶ bun¹ gaai¹ haa⁶ ban², wai⁴ jau⁵ duk⁶ syu¹ gou¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wànbān jiē xiàpǐn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wéiyǒu dúshū gāo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wànban jie siàpǐn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wéiyǒu dúshu gao [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wan⁴-pan¹ chieh¹ hsia⁴-pʻin³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wei²-yu³ tu²-shu¹ kao¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wàn-bān jyē syà-pǐn- [Mandarin, Yale], wéi-yǒu dú-shū gāu [Mandarin, Yale], wannban jie shiahpiin [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], weiyeou dwushu gau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ваньбань цзе сяпинь [Mandarin, Palladius], вэйю душу гао [Mandarin, Palladius], vanʹbanʹ cze sjapinʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], vɛjju dušu gao [Mandarin, Palladius], maahn būn gāai hah bán, wàih yáuh duhk syū gōu [Cantonese, Yale], maan⁶ bun¹ gaai¹ haa⁶ ban², wai⁴ jau⁵ duk⁹ sy¹ gou¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], man⁶ bun¹ gai¹ ha⁶ ben², wei⁴ yeo⁵ dug⁶ xu¹ gou¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 萬般皆下品,惟有讀書高
  1. All trades and occupations are inferior and only studying is superior
    Sense id: en-萬般皆下品,惟有讀書高-zh-proverb-Ai9D-xt0 Categories (other): Cantonese proverbs, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese proverbs, Mandarin proverbs

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      "zh-pron": "wànbān jiē xiàpǐn"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "wéiyǒu dúshū gāo"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄢ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄆㄧㄣˇ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ ㄍㄠ"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "maan⁶ bun¹ gaai¹ haa⁶ ban², wai⁴ jau⁵ duk⁶ syu¹ gou¹"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "wànbān jiē xiàpǐn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéiyǒu dúshū gāo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wànban jie siàpǐn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéiyǒu dúshu gao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁴-pan¹ chieh¹ hsia⁴-pʻin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei²-yu³ tu²-shu¹ kao¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàn-bān jyē syà-pǐn-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéi-yǒu dú-shū gāu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wannban jie shiahpiin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weiyeou dwushu gau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ваньбань цзе сяпинь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйю душу гао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vanʹbanʹ cze sjapinʹ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjju dušu gao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wän⁵¹ pän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "maahn būn gāai hah bán, wàih yáuh duhk syū gōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maan⁶ bun¹ gaai¹ haa⁶ ban², wai⁴ jau⁵ duk⁹ sy¹ gou¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁶ bun¹ gai¹ ha⁶ ben², wei⁴ yeo⁵ dug⁶ xu¹ gou¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːn²² puːn⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵ haː²² pɐn³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ tʊk̚² syː⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/wän⁵¹ pän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːn²² puːn⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵ haː²² pɐn³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ tʊk̚² syː⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/"
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      "zh-pron": "wànbān jiē xiàpǐn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéiyǒu dúshū gāo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄢ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄆㄧㄣˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ ㄍㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "maan⁶ bun¹ gaai¹ haa⁶ ban², wai⁴ jau⁵ duk⁶ syu¹ gou¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wànbān jiē xiàpǐn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéiyǒu dúshū gāo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wànban jie siàpǐn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéiyǒu dúshu gao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁴-pan¹ chieh¹ hsia⁴-pʻin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei²-yu³ tu²-shu¹ kao¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàn-bān jyē syà-pǐn-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wéi-yǒu dú-shū gāu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wannban jie shiahpiin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weiyeou dwushu gau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ваньбань цзе сяпинь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйю душу гао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vanʹbanʹ cze sjapinʹ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjju dušu gao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wän⁵¹ pän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maahn būn gāai hah bán, wàih yáuh duhk syū gōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maan⁶ bun¹ gaai¹ haa⁶ ban², wai⁴ jau⁵ duk⁹ sy¹ gou¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁶ bun¹ gai¹ ha⁶ ben², wei⁴ yeo⁵ dug⁶ xu¹ gou¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːn²² puːn⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵ haː²² pɐn³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ tʊk̚² syː⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wän⁵¹ pän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːn²² puːn⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵ haː²² pɐn³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ tʊk̚² syː⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "萬般皆下品,惟有讀書高"
}
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