Chinese Word Entry

集腋成裘
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄝˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): jí yè chéng qiú
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap6 jik6 sing4 kau4
Definitions:
  1. many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big

  2. many a mickle makes a muckle


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Chinese characters used in this word

gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock, assemble, collect together
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧˊ (jí)
Cantonese: zaap6
Japanese: シュウ (shuu)、 ジュウ (juu) / あつ.まる (atsumaru)、 あつ.める (atsumeru)、 つど.う (tsudou)
Korean: 집 (jib)
Vietnamese: tập
Variants
Semantic variant form:

armpit, side
Readings
Mandarin: ㄧˋ (yì), ㄧㄝˋ (yè)
Cantonese: jik6
Japanese: エキ (eki)、 セキ (seki) / わき (waki)
Korean: 액 (aeg)
Vietnamese: dịch, nách

turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach, completed, finished, fixed
Readings
Mandarin: ㄔㄥˊ (chéng)
Cantonese: sing4
Japanese: セイ (sei)、 ジョウ (jou) / な.る (naru)、 な.す (nasu)、 -な.す (-nasu)、 たいらげる (tairageru)
Korean: 성 (seong)
Vietnamese: thành

leather clothing, fur garments, surname
Readings
Mandarin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ (qiú)
Cantonese: kau4
Japanese: キュウ (kyuu)、 グ (gu) / かわごろも (kawagoromo)、 けごろも (kegoromo)
Korean: 구 (gu)
Vietnamese: cừu