# 好好學習，天天向上
## Chinese

| | | all out; to one's heart's content; earnestlyall out; to one's heart's content; earnestly; hard | to study; to learn; to acquireto study; to learn; to acquire; to follow the example of; to imitate someone's behaviour | | every day; day by day; naiveevery day; day by day; naive; innocent | to go forward; to advance; to try to improve oneselfto go forward; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress |
| trad. (好好學習，天天向上) | trad. (好好學習，天天向上) | 好好 | 學習 | ， | 天天 | 向上 |
| simp. (好好学习，天天向上) | simp. (好好学习，天天向上) | 好好 | 学习 | ， | 天天 | 向上 |

### Etymology

A 1951 dedication by Mao Zedong.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hǎohǎo xuéxí, tiāntiān xiàngshàng, hǎohāo xuéxí, tiāntiān xiàngshàng
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧˊ , ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄤˋ, ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧˊ , ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hou$^2$ hou$^2$ hok$^6$ zaap$^6$, tin$^1$ tin$^1$ hoeng$^3$ soeng$^6$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ho$^2$ ho$^2$ hag$^8$ sib$^8$, tiêng$^1$ tiêng$^1$ hiang$^3$ siang$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǎohǎo xuéxí, tiāntiān xiàngshàng [Phonetic: háohǎoxuéxí,tiāntiānxiàngshàng]
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧˊ , ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǎohǎo syuésí, tiantian siàngshàng
*** Wade–Giles: hao$^3$-hao$^3$ hsüeh$^2$-hsi$^2$, tʻien$^1$-tʻien$^1$ hsiang$^4$-shang$^4$
*** Yale: hǎu-hǎu sywé-syí-, tyān-tyān syàng-shàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haohao shyueshyi, tiantian shianqshanq
*** Palladius: хаохао сюэси, тяньтянь сяншан (xaoxao sjuesi, tjanʹtjanʹ sjanšan)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ɕi³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǎohāo xuéxí, tiāntiān xiàngshàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧˊ , ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǎohao syuésí, tiantian siàngshàng
*** Wade–Giles: hao$^3$-hao$^1$ hsüeh$^2$-hsi$^2$, tʻien$^1$-tʻien$^1$ hsiang$^4$-shang$^4$
*** Yale: hǎu-hāu sywé-syí-, tyān-tyān syàng-shàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haohau shyueshyi, tiantian shianqshanq
*** Palladius: хаохао сюэси, тяньтянь сяншан (xaoxao sjuesi, tjanʹtjanʹ sjanšan)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ɕi³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǎohāorxuéxí,tiāntiānxiàngshàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄠㄦ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧˊ , ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǎohaorsyuésí,tiantiansiàngshàng
*** Wade–Giles: hao$^3$-hao$^1$-ʼrh-hsüeh$^2$-hsi$^2$,-tʻien$^1$-tʻien$^1$-hsiang$^4$-shang$^4$
*** Yale: hǎu-hāur-sywé-syí-,-tyān-tyān-syàng-shàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haohaulshyueshyi,tiantianshianqshanq
*** Palladius: хаохаорсюэси,тяньтяньсяншан (xaoxaorsjuesi,tjanʹtjanʹsjanšan)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ɕi³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hou$^2$ hou$^2$ hok$^6$ zaap$^6$, tin$^1$ tin$^1$ hoeng$^3$ soeng$^6$
*** Yale: hóu hóu hohk jaahp, tīn tīn heung seuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hou$^2$ hou$^2$ hok$^9$ dzaap$^9$, tin$^1$ tin$^1$ hoeng$^3$ soeng$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hou$^2$ hou$^2$ hog$^6$ zab$^6$, tin$^1$ tin$^1$ hêng$^3$ sêng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hou̯³⁵ hou̯³⁵ hɔːk̚² t͡saːp̚² tʰiːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ hœːŋ³³ sœːŋ²²/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ho$^2$ ho$^2$ hag$^8$ sib$^8$, tiêng$^1$ tiêng$^1$ hiang$^3$ siang$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hó hó ha̍k si̍p, thieng thieng hiàng siăng
*** Sinological IPA : /ho⁵²⁻³⁵ ho⁵²⁻³⁵ hak̚⁴⁻² sip̚⁴ tʰieŋ³³⁻²³ tʰieŋ³³⁻²³ hiaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siaŋ³⁵/

### Phrase

好好學習，天天向上
* study hard and you will improve day by day

#### Descendants

* → English: good good study, day day up (humorous literal translation)