我行我素

Chinese

		I; me	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	I; me	plain; element
simp. and trad. (我行我素)		我	行	我	素

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǒxíngwǒsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄛˇ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁵ hang⁴ ngo⁵ sou³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ngó͘-hêng-ngó͘-sò͘ / góa-hêng-ngó͘-sò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ua² gian⁵ ua² su³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǒxíngwǒsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄛˇ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǒsíngwǒsù
    • Wade–Giles: wo³-hsing²-wo³-su⁴
    • Yale: wǒ-syíng-wǒ-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wooshyngwoosuh
    • Palladius: восинвосу (vosinvosu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁵ hang⁴ ngo⁵ sou³
    • Yale: ngóh hàhng ngóh sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁵ hang⁴ ngo⁵ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁵ heng⁴ ngo⁵ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː¹³ hɐŋ²¹ ŋɔː¹³ sou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-hêng-ngó͘-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo-hîng-ngóo-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofhengngofsox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: góa-hêng-ngó͘-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: guá-hîng-ngóo-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goafhengngofsox
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ua² gian⁵ ua² su³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uá kiâⁿ uá sù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua⁵²⁻³⁵ kĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ua⁵²⁻³⁵ su²¹³/

Idiom

我行我素

1. to persist in one's old ways; to continue in one's own way no matter what others say