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
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chia̍p-chiok-sian-teng / chia̍t-chiok-sian-teng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziab⁸ zog⁴ sain¹ dêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiézúxiāndēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢㄉㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiézúsiandeng
  - Wade–Giles: chieh²-tsu²-hsien¹-têng¹
  - Yale: jyé-dzú-syān-dēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyetzwushiandeng
  - Palladius: цзецзусяньдэн (czeczusjanʹdɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡su³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zit³ zuk¹ sin¹ dang¹
  - Yale: jit jūk sīn dāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ dzuk⁷ sin¹ dang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jid³ zug¹ xin¹ deng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ t͡sʊk̚⁵ siːn⁵⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍p-chiok-sian-teng
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍p-tsiok-sian-ting
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciabcioksiendefng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siap̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siap̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍t-chiok-sian-teng
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍t-tsiok-sian-ting
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciadcioksiendefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziab⁸ zog⁴ sain¹ dêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsia̍p tsok saiⁿ teng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siap̚⁴⁻² t͡sok̚²⁻⁴ sãĩ³³⁻²³ teŋ³³/

Note: Jieyang.

Idiom

捷足先登

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

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