字如其人

Chinese

		letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	as (if); such as	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	man; person; people
trad. (字如其人)		字	如	其	人
simp. #(字如其人)		字	如	其	人
Literally: “the characters are the man”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìrúqírén

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jyu⁴ kei⁴ jan⁴

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìrúqírén
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhrúcírén
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-ju²-chʻi²-jên²
    • Yale: dz̀-rú-chí-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhruchyiren
    • Palladius: цзыжуцижэнь (czyžucižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ jyu⁴ kei⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: jih yùh kèih yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jy⁴ kei⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yu⁴ kéi⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jyː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ jɐn²¹/

Idiom

字如其人

1. one's handwriting reflects one's personality