奮勉
Chinese
| exert oneself | exhort | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (奮勉) | 奮 | 勉 | |
| simp. (奋勉) | 奋 | 勉 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fènmiǎn
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fènmiǎn
- Wade–Giles: fên4-mien3
- Yale: fèn-myǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fennmean
- Palladius: фэньмянь (fɛnʹmjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fən⁵¹ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fan5 min5
- Yale: fáhn míhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: fan5 min5
- Guangdong Romanization: fen5 min5
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɐn¹³ miːn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùn-bián
- Tâi-lô: hùn-bián
- Phofsit Daibuun: huonbiern
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hun²¹⁻⁵³ biɛn⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Verb
奮勉
- (literary) to make a determined effort
- 奮勉不放逸，克己自調御，智者自作洲，不為洪水沒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 法句經 (Fǎjùjīng) (the Dhammapada)
- Fènmiǎn bù fàngyì, kè jǐ zì diào yù, zhìzhě zì zuò zhōu, bù wèi hóngshuǐ mò. [Pinyin]
- The wise person creates an island that no flood can overwhelm through determined effort, not being heedless, discipline and self-mastery.
奋勉不放逸，克己自调御，智者自作洲，不为洪水没。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]