食果子拜樹頭

Chinese
 
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 fruit; apple
 
to pay respect; worship; visit
to pay respect; worship; visit; salute
 top of a tree; branches of a tree; root
trad. (食果子拜樹頭) 食 果子 拜 樹頭
simp. (食果子拜树头) 食 果子 拜 树头
Literally: “to pay respect to the roots when one eats the fruit”.

Pronunciation

  • Min Nan (POJ): chia̍h ké-chí pài chhiū-thâu / chia̍h kér-chí pài chhiū-thâu / chia̍h kóe-chí pài chhiū-thâu
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h ké-chí pài chhiū-thâu
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h ké-tsí pài tshiū-thâu
      • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah kefcie paix chiuxtaau
      • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ke⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁵³ paɪ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h kér-chí pài chhiū-thâu
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h kér-tsí pài tshiū-thâu
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² kə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴ paɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h kóe-chí pài chhiū-thâu
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h kué-tsí pài tshiū-thâu
      • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah koefcie paix chiuxtaau
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁴¹ paɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕʰiu³³⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²³/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁵³ paɪ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ¹³/

Proverb

食果子拜樹頭

  1. (Hokkien) remember where one's happiness comes from; do not forget one's roots or heritage

Synonyms
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