一枝獨秀

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	branch; (a measure word)	alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	to ear; beautiful; elegant to ear; beautiful; elegant; outstanding; to show; to display; show
trad. (一枝獨秀)		一	枝	獨	秀
simp. (一枝独秀)		一	枝	独	秀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīzhīdúxiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄓ ㄉㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zi¹ duk⁶ sau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-ki-to̍k-siù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīzhīdúxiù [Phonetic: yìzhīdúxiù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄓ ㄉㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijhihdúsiòu
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chih¹-tu²-hsiu⁴
    • Yale: yī-jr̄-dú-syòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijydwushiow
    • Palladius: ичжидусю (ičžidusju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tu³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jat¹ zi¹ duk⁶ sau³
    • Yale: yāt jī duhk sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzi¹ duk⁹ sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ji¹ dug⁶ seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʊk̚² sɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-ki-to̍k-siù
    • Tâi-lô: it-ki-to̍k-siù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: itki'dogsiux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ki⁴⁴⁻²² tɔk̚⁴⁻³² siu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ ki³³ tɔk̚²⁴⁻² siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ ki⁴⁴⁻²² tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔk̚⁴⁻³² siu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔk̚⁴⁻³² siu²¹/

Idiom

一枝獨秀

1. to be the most outstanding