人咧做，天咧看

Chinese

		man; person; people	draw back corners of mouth; child's cry	to do; to make; to produce		day; sky; heaven	draw back corners of mouth; child's cry	to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think
trad. (人咧做，天咧看)		人	咧	做	，	天	咧	看
simp. #(人咧做，天咧看)		人	咧	做	，	天	咧	看
alternative forms		儂咧做，天咧看／侬咧做，天咧看

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâng leh chòe, thiⁿ leh khòaⁿ / lâng lí chò, thiⁿ lí khòaⁿ / lâng teh chò, thiⁿ teh khòaⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng leh chòe, thiⁿ leh khòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lâng leh tsuè, thinn leh khuànn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴ le(ʔ)⁵ t͡sue⁴¹ tʰĩ³³ le(ʔ)⁵ kʰuã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴ le(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sue²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ le(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng lí chò, thiⁿ lí khòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lâng lí tsò, thinn lí khuànn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡so²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng teh chò, thiⁿ teh khòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lâng teh tsò, thinn teh khuànn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³ te(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sɤ²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ te(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/

Proverb

人咧做，天咧看

1. (Hokkien) the heavens are looking when humans act; be careful of how you act

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 人在做，天在看 (“the heavens are looking when humans act”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		人在做，天在看
Mandarin	Taiwan	人在做，天在看
Cantonese	Hong Kong	人在做，天在看
Southern Min	Xiamen	儂咧做，天咧看
	Quanzhou	儂咧做，天咧看
	Zhangzhou	儂咧做，天咧看
	Tainan	儂咧做，天咧看
	Singapore (Hokkien)	儂咧做，天咧看

See also

• 攑頭三尺有神明／𫽥头三尺有神明