# 三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮
## Chinese

| | | three | (a measure word); individual | an unskilled cobbler; person of mediocre talent | | to excel; to surpass; to outdo | one; single; aone; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) | (a measure word); individual | Zhuge Liang |
| trad. (三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮) | trad. (三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮) | 三 | 個 | 臭皮匠 | ， | 勝過 | 一 | 個 | 諸葛亮 |
| simp. (三个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮) | simp. (三个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮) | 三 | 个 | 臭皮匠 | ， | 胜过 | 一 | 个 | 诸葛亮 |
| Literally: “three unskilled cobblers are superior to one Zhuge Liang”. ||||||||||

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sān ge chòupíjiàng, shèngguò yīge Zhūgě Liàng, sān ge chòupíjiàng, shèngguò yīge Zhūgé Liàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄔㄡˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ , ㄕㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄧ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄓㄨ ㄍㄜˇ ㄌㄧㄤˋ, ㄙㄢ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄔㄡˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ , ㄕㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄧ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄓㄨ ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saam$^1$ go$^3$ cau$^3$ pei$^4$ zoeng$^6$, sing$^3$ gwo$^3$ jat$^1$ go$^3$ zyu$^1$ got$^3$ loeng$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sān ge chòupíjiàng, shèngguò yīge Zhūgě Liàng [Phonetic: sān ge chòupíjiàng, shèngguò yìge Zhūgě Liàng]
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄔㄡˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ , ㄕㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄧ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄓㄨ ㄍㄜˇ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: san ge̊ chòupíjiàng, shèngguò yige̊ Jhugě Liàng
*** Wade–Giles: san$^1$ ko$^5$ chʻou$^4$-pʻi$^2$-chiang$^4$, shêng$^4$-kuo$^4$ i$^1$-ko$^5$ Chu$^1$-ko$^3$ Liang$^4$
*** Yale: sān ge chòu-pí-jyàng-, shèng-gwò yī-ge Jū-gě Lyàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: san .ge chowpyijianq, shenqguoh i.ge Jugee Lianq
*** Palladius: сань гэ чоупицзян, шэнго игэ Чжугэ Лян (sanʹ gɛ čoupiczjan, šɛngo igɛ Čžugɛ Ljan)
*** Sinological IPA : /sän⁵⁵ g̊ə² ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹ pʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ g̊ə ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ kɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sān ge chòupíjiàng, shèngguò yīge Zhūgé Liàng [Phonetic: sān ge chòupíjiàng, shèngguò yìge Zhūgé Liàng]
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄔㄡˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ , ㄕㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄧ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄓㄨ ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: san ge̊ chòupíjiàng, shèngguò yige̊ Jhugé Liàng
*** Wade–Giles: san$^1$ ko$^5$ chʻou$^4$-pʻi$^2$-chiang$^4$, shêng$^4$-kuo$^4$ i$^1$-ko$^5$ Chu$^1$-ko$^2$ Liang$^4$
*** Yale: sān ge chòu-pí-jyàng-, shèng-gwò yī-ge Jū-gé Lyàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: san .ge chowpyijianq, shenqguoh i.ge Juger Lianq
*** Palladius: сань гэ чоупицзян, шэнго игэ Чжугэ Лян (sanʹ gɛ čoupiczjan, šɛngo igɛ Čžugɛ Ljan)
*** Sinological IPA : /sän⁵⁵ g̊ə² ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹ pʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ g̊ə ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saam$^1$ go$^3$ cau$^3$ pei$^4$ zoeng$^6$, sing$^3$ gwo$^3$ jat$^1$ go$^3$ zyu$^1$ got$^3$ loeng$^6$
*** Yale: sāam go chau pèih jeuhng, sing gwo yāt go jyū got leuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saam$^1$ go$^3$ tsau$^3$ pei$^4$ dzoeng$^6$, sing$^3$ gwo$^3$ jat$^7$ go$^3$ dzy$^1$ got$^8$ loeng$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sam$^1$ go$^3$ ceo$^3$ péi$^4$ zêng$^6$, xing$^3$ guo$^3$ yed$^1$ go$^3$ ju$^1$ god$^3$ lêng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːm⁵⁵ kɔː³³ t͡sʰɐu̯³³ pʰei̯²¹ t͡sœːŋ²² sɪŋ³³ kʷɔː³³ jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ t͡syː⁵⁵ kɔːt̚³ lœːŋ²²/

### Proverb

三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮
* Synonym of 三個臭皮匠，勝過諸葛亮／三个臭皮匠，胜过诸葛亮 (sān ge chòupíjiàng, shèngguò Zhūgě Liàng)