千萬買鄰

Chinese

		ten million; tens of millions of
trad. (千萬買鄰)		千萬	買鄰
simp. (千万买邻)		千万	买邻
Literally: “to buy a neighbour for ten million”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānwànmǎilín

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ maan⁶ maai⁵ leon⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiānwànmǎilín
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianwannmaelin
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ u̯än⁵¹ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ maan⁶ maai⁵ leon⁴
  - Yale: chīn maahn máaih lèuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ maan⁶ maai⁵ loen⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ man⁶ mai⁵ lên⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ mäːn²² mäːi̯¹³ lɵn²¹/

Idiom

千萬買鄰

good neighbours are hard to find

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