入鄉隨俗,入港隨灣
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Chinese[edit]
to enter | country; village | to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname |
vulgar | to enter | harbour; Hong Kong (abbrev.) | to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname |
bay; gulf | |||
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trad. (入鄉隨俗,入港隨灣) | 入 | 鄉 | 隨 | 俗 | , | 入 | 港 | 隨 | 灣 | |
simp. (入乡随俗,入港随湾) | 入 | 乡 | 随 | 俗 | , | 入 | 港 | 随 | 湾 | |
Literally: “when entering a village, follow the customs, when entering a port, follow the bends”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): li̍p-hiuⁿ-sûi-sio̍k,li̍p-káng-sûi-oan / ji̍p-hioⁿ-sûi-sio̍k,ji̍p-káng-sûi-oan
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p-hiuⁿ-sûi-sio̍k,li̍p-káng-sûi-oan
- Tâi-lô: li̍p-hiunn-suî-sio̍k,li̍p-káng-suî-uan
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lip̚²⁴⁻² hiũ³³ sui²⁴⁻²² siɔk̚²⁴ lip̚²⁴⁻² kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sui²⁴⁻²² uan³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /lip̚⁴⁻³² hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² sui²⁴⁻²² siɔk̚⁴ lip̚⁴⁻³² kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sui²⁴⁻²² uan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍p-hioⁿ-sûi-sio̍k,ji̍p-káng-sûi-oan
- Tâi-lô: ji̍p-hionn-suî-sio̍k,ji̍p-káng-suî-uan
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² sui¹³⁻²² siɔk̚¹²¹ d͡zip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sui¹³⁻²² uan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
Idiom[edit]
入鄉隨俗,入港隨灣