食四面風,講五色話

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Chinese[edit]

 
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
four directions; all sides; all around
 
wind; news; style
wind; news; style; custom; manner
 
to talk; speech; to speak
to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain
blue, yellow, red, black and white; multi-colored
 
spoken words; speech; dialect
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (食四面風,講五色話) 四面 五色
simp. (食四面风,讲五色话) 四面 五色
Literally: “eat winds from every direction and speaking languages of various colors”.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h sù-bīn hong, kóng ngó͘-sek ōe / chia̍h sì-bīn hong, kóng ngó͘-sek ōe / chia̍h sì-bīn hoang, káng gó͘-siak ōe

  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h sù-bīn hong, kóng ngó͘-sek ōe
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h sù-bīn hong, kóng ngóo-sik uē
      • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ su²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ue²²/
      • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ su¹¹⁻⁵³ bin³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ su²¹⁻⁴¹ bin³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h sì-bīn hong, kóng ngó͘-sek ōe
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h sì-bīn hong, kóng ngóo-sik uē
      • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ si²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ue²²/
      • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ si¹¹⁻⁵³ bin³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ si²¹⁻⁴¹ bin³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/
    • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h sì-bīn hoang, káng gó͘-siak ōe
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h sì-bīn huang, káng góo-siak uē
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹⁻²² huaŋ³³ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/

Proverb[edit]

食四面風,講五色話

  1. (Southern Min) to be flexible and know what to say in different situations and to different people

Synonyms[edit]