白手起家

Chinese

		with bare hands; being empty-handed; from nothing with bare hands; being empty-handed; from nothing; from scratch	to make one’s family prosper and establish a competency; to build up; to grow and thrive to make one’s family prosper and establish a competency; to build up; to grow and thrive; to make one's fortune, name, etc.
trad. (白手起家)		白手	起家
simp. #(白手起家)		白手	起家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báishǒuqǐjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ sau² hei² gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báishǒuqǐjiā [Phonetic: báishóuqǐjiā]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báishǒucǐjia
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-shou³-chʻi³-chia¹
    • Yale: bái-shǒu-chǐ-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshoouchiijia
    • Palladius: байшоуцицзя (bajšouciczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ sau² hei² gaa¹
    • Yale: baahk sáu héi gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ sau² hei² gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ seo² héi² ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵ hei̯³⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

Idiom

白手起家

1. to go from rags to riches; to start an enterprise from scratch; to build up from nothing; to start from scratch

Synonyms

• 白手成家 (báishǒuchéngjiā)
• 白手興家／白手兴家 (báishǒuxīngjiā)