食水果拜樹頭

See also: 食水果拜树头

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	fruit; edible part of an aquatic plant	to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute	top of a tree; branches of a tree
trad. (食水果拜樹頭)		食	水果	拜	樹頭
simp. (食水果拜树头)		食	水果	拜	树头
Literally: “to pay respect to the roots when one eats the fruit”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h chúi-kó pài chhiū-thâu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h chúi-kó pài chhiū-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h tsuí-kó pài tshiū-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah zuy'koir paix chiuxtaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiu³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

Proverb

食水果拜樹頭

1. Alternative form of 食果子拜樹頭／食果子拜树头 (“to remember where one's happiness comes from; to not forget one's roots or heritage”)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 飲水思源 (“to remember where one's happiness comes from; to not forget one's roots or heritage”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		飲水思源, 飲流懷源, 飲水知源
Mandarin	Taiwan	飲水思源
	Singapore	飲水思源
Cantonese	Hong Kong	飲水思源
Southern Min	Xiamen	食果子拜樹頭，食米飯敬鋤頭, 食果子拜樹頭, 食水果拜樹頭
	Quanzhou	食果子拜樹頭，食米飯敬鋤頭, 食果子拜樹頭
	Zhangzhou	食果子拜樹頭，食米飯敬鋤頭, 食果子拜樹頭
	Taipei	食果子拜樹頭，食米飯拜田頭
	Tainan	食果子拜樹頭