捷足先登

Chinese

		victory; triumph; quick victory; triumph; quick; prompt; rapid	foot; to be sufficient	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	to go up; to climb; ascend to go up; to climb; ascend; mount; register; note; to publish; to issue; to record
simp. and trad. (捷足先登)		捷	足	先	登
Literally: “the quick of foot will be the first to ascend”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiézúxiāndēng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢㄉㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ zuk¹ sin¹ dang¹
Min Nan (POJ): chia̍p-chiok-sian-teng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiézúxiāndēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢㄉㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyetzwushiandeng
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡su³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zit³ zuk¹ sin¹ dang¹
  - Yale: jit jūk sīn dāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ dzuk⁷ sin¹ dang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jid³ zug¹ xin¹ deng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ t͡sʊk̚⁵ siːn⁵⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍p-chiok-sian-teng
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍p-tsiok-sian-ting
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciabcioksiendefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiap̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiap̚²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɛn³³ tiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiap̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiap̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

捷足先登

to take the first step; to act early on; the early bird gets the worm

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