三歲定八十 in Chinese

IPA: /sän⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /saːm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³³ tɪŋ²² paːt̚³ sɐp̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sän⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/, /saːm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³³ tɪŋ²² paːt̚³ sɐp̚²/ Chinese transliterations: sānsuìdìngbāshí [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄙㄢㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄚㄕˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], saam¹ seoi³ ding⁶ baat³ sap⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sānsuìdìngbāshí [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄙㄢㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄚㄕˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], sansuèidìngbashíh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], san¹-sui⁴-ting⁴-pa¹-shih² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], sān-swèi-dìng-bā-shŕ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], sansueydinqbashyr [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], саньсуйдинбаши [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sanʹsujdinbaši [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sāam seui dihng baat sahp [Cantonese, Yale], saam¹ soey³ ding⁶ baat⁸ sap⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sam¹ sêu³ ding⁶ bad³ seb⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 三岁定八十 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 三歲定八十

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"三歲定八十" meaning in Chinese

Proverb