入屋叫人，入廟拜神

Chinese

		to enter a house	to call out someone's name in salutation		to enter	temple; monastery	to worship a deity; to offer sacrifices to a deity
trad. (入屋叫人，入廟拜神)		入屋	叫人	，	入	廟	拜神
simp. (入屋叫人，入庙拜神)		入屋	叫人	，	入	庙	拜神
Literally: “when entering a house, call out someone's names in salutation; when entering a temple, worship the deity”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jap⁶ uk¹ giu³ jan⁴, jap⁶ miu^6-2 baai³ san⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jap⁶ uk¹ giu³ jan⁴, jap⁶ miu^6-2 baai³ san⁴
    • Yale: yahp ūk giu yàhn, yahp míu baai sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jap⁹ uk⁷ giu³ jan⁴, jap⁹ miu^6-2 baai³ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeb⁶ ug¹ giu³ yen⁴, yeb⁶ miu^6-2 bai³ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐp̚² ʊk̚⁵ kiːu̯³³ jɐn²¹ jɐp̚² miːu̯²²⁻³⁵ paːi̯³³ sɐn²¹/

Proverb

入屋叫人，入廟拜神

1. (Cantonese) when in Rome, do as the Romans do