人非聖賢，孰能無過

See also: 人非圣贤，孰能无过

Chinese

		man; person; people	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	sage; saint		who; which; what	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	not have	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
trad. (人非聖賢，孰能無過)		人	非	聖賢	，	孰	能	無	過
simp. (人非圣贤，孰能无过)		人	非	圣贤	，	孰	能	无	过
alternative forms		人非聖賢，誰能無過／人非圣贤，谁能无过
Literally: “People are not sages, who can be without error?”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rén fēi shèngxián, shú néng wúguò

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄟ ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ , ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ fei¹ sing³ jin⁴, suk⁶ nang⁴ mou⁴ gwo³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rén fēi shèngxián, shú néng wúguò
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄟ ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ , ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rén fei shèngsián, shú néng wúguò
    • Wade–Giles: jên² fei¹ shêng⁴-hsien², shu² nêng² wu²-kuo⁴
    • Yale: rén fēi shèng-syán-, shú néng wú-gwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren fei shenqshyan, shwu neng wuguoh
    • Palladius: жэнь фэй шэнсянь, шу нэн уго (žɛnʹ fɛj šɛnsjanʹ, šu nɛn ugo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵ u³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ fei¹ sing³ jin⁴, suk⁶ nang⁴ mou⁴ gwo³
    • Yale: yàhn fēi sing yìhn, suhk nàhng mòuh gwo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ fei¹ sing³ jin⁴, suk⁹ nang⁴ mou⁴ gwo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ féi¹ xing³ yin⁴, sug⁶ neng⁴ mou⁴ guo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ fei̯⁵⁵ sɪŋ³³ jiːn²¹ sʊk̚² nɐŋ²¹ mou̯²¹ kʷɔː³³/

Proverb

人非聖賢，孰能無過

1. nobody is perfect; everyone makes mistakes

See also

• 人有錯手，馬有失蹄／人有错手，马有失蹄