久病床前無孝子

Chinese
(long) time; (long) duration of time
 
ailment; illness; disease
ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
 bed; couch; (a measure word)
 
front, forepart; in front; past
front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
 not have filial son; son in mourning
trad. (久病床前無孝子/久病牀前無孝子) 久 病 床/牀 前 無 孝子
simp. (久病床前无孝子) 久 病 床 前 无 孝子
Literally: “there is no filial son by the bedside of a chronically ill parent”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǔ bìng chuáng qián wú xiàozǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄗˇ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔ bìng chuáng qián wú xiàozǐ
      • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄗˇ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒu bìng chuáng cián wú siàozǐh
      • Wade–Giles: chiu3 ping4 chʻuang2 chʻien2 wu2 hsiao4-tzŭ3
      • Yale: jyǒu bìng chwáng chyán wú syàu-dž
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeou binq chwang chyan wu shiawtzyy
      • Palladius: цзю бин чуан цянь у сяоцзы (czju bin čuan cjanʹ u sjaoczy)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ u³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

久病床前無孝子

  1. Even a filial child will eventually be fed up with taking care of a bedridden and chronically ill parent
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