物以類聚

See also: 物以类聚

Chinese

		thing; object; matter	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
trad. (物以類聚)		物	以	類聚
simp. (物以类聚)		物	以	类聚
Literally: “things will be gathered together according to category”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wùyǐlèijù

(Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ ji⁵ leoi⁶ zeoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wùyǐlèijù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄐㄩˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhyyileyjiw
  - IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ leɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mat⁶ ji⁵ leoi⁶ zeoi⁶
  - Yale: maht yíh leuih jeuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ ji⁵ loey⁶ dzoey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ yi⁵ lêu⁶ zêu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² jiː¹³ lɵy̯²² t͡ɕɵy̯²²/

Proverb

物以類聚

Birds of a feather flock together.

物以類聚，人以群分。 [MSC, trad.]
物以类聚，人以群分。 [MSC, simp.]
Wùyǐlèijù, rényǐqúnfēn. [Pinyin]
Similar things group together, similar people fit together.

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