有奶便是娘

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	breast; lady; milk	is precisely; is none other than	mother; young lady
trad. (有奶便是娘)		有	奶	便是	娘
simp. #(有奶便是娘)		有	奶	便是	娘
Literally: “The person who feeds me with milk is my mother.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒu nǎi biànshì niáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄞˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄋㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ naai⁵ bin⁶ si⁶ noeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒu nǎi biànshì niáng [Phonetic: yóunǎibiànshìniáng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄞˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒu nǎi biànshìh niáng
    • Wade–Giles: yu³ nai³ pien⁴-shih⁴ niang²
    • Yale: yǒu nǎi byàn-shr̀ nyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou nae biannshyh niang
    • Palladius: ю най бяньши нян (ju naj bjanʹši njan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ naai⁵ bin⁶ si⁶ noeng⁴
    • Yale: yáuh náaih bihn sih nèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ naai⁵ bin⁶ si⁶ noeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ nai⁵ bin⁶ xi⁶ nêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ naːi̯¹³ piːn²² siː²² nœːŋ²¹/

Proverb

有奶便是娘

1. One obeys those who give him money or power.