百年樹人

Chinese

		one hundred years; century; long time	to cultivate the young
trad. (百年樹人)		百年	樹人
simp. (百年树人)		百年	树人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎiniánshùrén

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ nin⁴ syu⁶ jan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pek-liân-sū-lîn / pek-liân-sū-jîn / pek-nî-sū-lîn / pek-liân-chhiū-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎiniánshùrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎiniánshùrén
  - Wade–Giles: pai³-nien²-shu⁴-jên²
  - Yale: bǎi-nyán-shù-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baenianshuhren
  - Palladius: байняньшужэнь (bajnjanʹšužɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ nin⁴ syu⁶ jan⁴
  - Yale: baak nìhn syuh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ nin⁴ sy⁶ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³ nin⁴ xu⁶ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ niːn²¹ syː²² jɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-liân-sū-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: pik-liân-sū-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pekliensuxliin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴⁻²² su²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-liân-sū-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: pik-liân-sū-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pekliensuxjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²³⁻³³ su³³⁻²¹ ʑin²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-nî-sū-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: pik-nî-sū-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peknisuxliin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ²⁴⁻²² su²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-liân-chhiū-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: pik-liân-tshiū-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peklienchiuxjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiu³³⁻²¹ ʑin²³/

Proverb

百年樹人

Short for 十年樹木，百年樹人／十年树木，百年树人 (shínián shùmù, bǎinián shùrén, “it takes a long time for good education to bear fruit (i.e. to produce a competent person)”).

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