一諾千金

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to promise; to yes	a thousand pieces of gold; large amount of money; riches a thousand pieces of gold; large amount of money; riches; daughter
trad. (一諾千金)		一	諾	千金
simp. (一诺千金)		一	诺	千金

Etymology

From Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian.

「楚人諺曰『得黃金百，不如得季布一諾』」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

「楚人谚曰『得黄金百，不如得季布一诺』」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

“Chǔrén yàn yuē ‘Dé huángjīn bǎi, bùrú dé Jì Bù yī nuò’” [Pinyin]

The people of Chu have a saying: "receiving 100 jin of gold is nothing compared to accepting a promise from Ji Bu."

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnuòqiānjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ nok⁶ cin¹ gam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnuòqiānjīn [Phonetic: yínuòqiānjīn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yinuòcianjin
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-no⁴-chʻien¹-chin¹
  - Yale: yī-nwò-chyān-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inuohchianjin
  - Palladius: иноцяньцзинь (inocjanʹczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ nu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ nok⁶ cin¹ gam¹
  - Yale: yāt nohk chīn gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ nok⁹ tsin¹ gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ nog⁶ qin¹ gem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ nɔːk̚² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

一諾千金

to be true to one's word

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (一諾千金):

→ Japanese: 一諾千金(いちだくせんきん) (ichidakusenkin)
→ Korean: 일낙천금(一諾千金) (illakcheon'geum)

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