入鄉隨俗

See also: 入乡随俗

Chinese

		to enter	country; village	to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname	vulgar
trad. (入鄉隨俗)		入	鄉	隨	俗
simp. (入乡随俗)		入	乡	随	俗
Literally: “when entering a village, follow the customs”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rùxiāngsuísú

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jap⁶ hoeng¹ ceoi⁴ zuk⁶
Min Nan (POJ): li̍p-hiong-sûi-sio̍k / ji̍p-hiong-sûi-sio̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rùxiāngsuísú
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhshiangsweiswu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯³⁵ su³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jap⁶ hoeng¹ ceoi⁴ zuk⁶
  - Yale: yahp hēung chèuih juhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jap⁹ hoeng¹ tsoey⁴ dzuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeb⁶ hêng¹ cêu⁴ zug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐp̚² hœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰɵy̯²¹ t͡sʊk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p-hiong-sûi-sio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: li̍p-hiong-suî-sio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: libhiongsuisiok
  - IPA (Taipei): /lip̚⁴⁻³² hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sui²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lip̚⁴⁻³² hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sui²⁴⁻²² ɕiɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍p-hiong-sûi-sio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ji̍p-hiong-suî-sio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jibhiongsuisiok
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑip̚⁴⁻³² hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sui²³⁻³³ ɕiɔk̚⁴/

Idiom

入鄉隨俗

when in Rome, do as the Romans do

Synonyms

入境隨俗／入境随俗 (rùjìngsuísú)

See also

(Vietnamese) nhập gia tùy tục, nhập gia tùy tục, nhập giang tùy khúc

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