一諾千金

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to promise; to yes	a thousand pieces of gold; large amount of money; riches a thousand pieces of gold; large amount of money; riches; daughter
trad. (一諾千金)		一	諾	千金
simp. (一诺千金)		一	诺	千金

Etymology

From Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian.

「楚人諺曰『得黃金百，不如得季布一諾』」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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「楚人谚曰『得黄金百，不如得季布一诺』」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

“Chǔrén yàn yuē ‘Dé huángjīn bǎi, bùrú dé Jì Bù yī nuò’” [Pinyin]

The people of Chu have a saying: "receiving 100 jin of gold is nothing compared to accepting a promise from Ji Bu."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnuòqiānjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ nok⁶ cin¹ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnuòqiānjīn [Phonetic: yínuòqiānjīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinuòcianjin
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-no⁴-chʻien¹-chin¹
    • Yale: yī-nwò-chyān-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inuohchianjin
    • Palladius: иноцяньцзинь (inocjanʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ nu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ nok⁶ cin¹ gam¹
    • Yale: yāt nohk chīn gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ nok⁹ tsin¹ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ nog⁶ qin¹ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ nɔːk̚² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

一諾千金

1. to be true to one's word

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (一諾千金):

• → Japanese: 一諾千金(いちだくせんきん) (ichidakusenkin)
• → Korean: 일낙천금(一諾千金) (illakcheon'geum)