事到如今

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	nowadays; now
trad. (事到如今)		事	到	如今
simp. #(事到如今)		事	到	如今

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìdàorújīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ dou³ jyu⁴ gam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sū-kàu-jû-kim / sū-kàu-lû-kim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìdàorújīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhdàorújin
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tao⁴-ju²-chin¹
    • Yale: shr̀-dàu-rú-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhdawrujin
    • Palladius: шидаожуцзинь (šidaožuczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ dou³ jyu⁴ gam¹
    • Yale: sih dou yùh gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ dou³ jy⁴ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ dou³ yu⁴ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² tou̯³³ jyː²¹ kɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-kàu-jû-kim
    • Tâi-lô: sū-kàu-jû-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxkaoju'kym
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ kau²¹⁻⁴¹ zu²³⁻³³ kim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-kàu-lû-kim
    • Tâi-lô: sū-kàu-lû-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxkaolu'kym
    • IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ kau¹¹⁻⁵³ lu²⁴⁻¹¹ kim⁴⁴/

Idiom

事到如今

1. as things stand; currently; getting this far; up to this point

   • 事到如今要怎樣　阮也不敢做主意 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     事到如今要怎样　阮也不敢做主意 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 文鶯, 黃敏 (lyricist), 《碎心戀》

     -sū-kàu-lû-kim beh cháiⁿ-iūⁿ, gún iā m̄-káⁿ chòe chú-ì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     What should I do at this point? I don't dare make a decision.