民以食為天

Chinese

		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
trad. (民以食為天)		民	以	食	為	天
simp. (民以食为天)		民	以	食	为	天

Etymology

From the Book of Han.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mín yǐ shí wéi tiān

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄕˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ ji⁵ sik⁶ wai⁴ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mín yǐ shí wéi tiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄕˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: min yyi shyr wei tian
  - IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ u̯eɪ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ jiː¹³ sɪk̚² wɐi̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Proverb

民以食為天

People see food as their primary need.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.