物以類聚

See also: 物以类聚

Chinese

		thing; object; matter	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
trad. (物以類聚)		物	以	類聚
simp. (物以类聚)		物	以	类聚
Literally: “things will be gathered together according to category”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wùyǐlèijù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ ji⁵ leoi⁶ zeoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wùyǐlèijù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùyǐlèijyù
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴-i³-lei⁴-chü⁴
    • Yale: wù-yǐ-lèi-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhyiileyjiuh
    • Palladius: уилэйцзюй (uilɛjczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ leɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ ji⁵ leoi⁶ zeoi⁶
    • Yale: maht yíh leuih jeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ ji⁵ loey⁶ dzoey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ yi⁵ lêu⁶ zêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² jiː¹³ lɵy̯²² t͡sɵy̯²²/

Proverb

1. Birds of a feather flock together.

   物以類聚，人以群分。 [MSC, trad.]
   物以类聚，人以群分。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wùyǐlèijù, rényǐqúnfēn. [Pinyin]

   Similar things group together, similar people fit together.