人同人好，鬼同鬼好

See also: 龙交龙，凤交凤

Chinese

		man; person; people	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	man; person; people	good; well; be fond of		ghost; sly; crafty	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	ghost; sly; crafty	good; well; be fond of
trad. (人同人好，鬼同鬼好)		人	同	人	好	，	鬼	同	鬼	好
simp. #(人同人好，鬼同鬼好)		人	同	人	好	，	鬼	同	鬼	好
Literally: “humans befriend similar humans, ghosts befriend similar ghosts”.

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn thùng ngìn hó, kúi thùng kúi hó

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn thùng ngìn hó, kúi thùng kúi hó
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ tungˇ nginˇ ho`, gui` tungˇ gui` ho`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² tung² ngin² ho³, gui³ tung² gui³ ho³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ tʰuŋ¹¹ ŋin¹¹ ho³¹ ku̯i³¹ tʰuŋ¹¹ ku̯i³¹ ho³¹/

Proverb

人同人好，鬼同鬼好

1. (Hakka) birds of a feather flock together

Synonyms

• 物以類聚／物以类聚 (wùyǐlèijù)

References

• “Entry #HK0000009579”, in 臺灣客家語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.