民以食為天
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Chinese
[edit]the people; nationality; citizen | to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.) |
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become |
day; sky; heaven | ||
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trad. (民以食為天/民以食爲天) | 民 | 以 | 食 | 為/爲 | 天 | |
simp. (民以食为天) | 民 | 以 | 食 | 为 | 天 |
Etymology
[edit]From the Book of Han.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): man4 ji5 sik6 wai4 tin1
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ming5 in2 ziah8 ui5 tin1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄕˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mín yǐ shíh wéi tian
- Wade–Giles: min2 i3 shih2 wei2 tʻien1
- Yale: mín yǐ shŕ wéi tyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: min yii shyr wei tian
- Palladius: минь и ши вэй тянь (minʹ i ši vɛj tjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /min³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: man4 ji5 sik6 wai4 tin1
- Yale: màhn yíh sihk wàih tīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: man4 ji5 sik9 wai4 tin1
- Guangdong Romanization: men4 yi5 xig6 wei4 tin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐn²¹ jiː¹³ sɪk̚² wɐi̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ming5 in2 ziah8 ui5 tin1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mîng íⁿ tsia̍h ûi thiⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡siaʔ⁴⁻² ui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰĩ³³/
- (Teochew)
Proverb
[edit]民以食為天
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