入鄉隨俗

See also: 入乡随俗

Chinese

		to enter	country; village	to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname	vulgar
trad. (入鄉隨俗)		入	鄉	隨	俗
simp. (入乡随俗)		入	乡	随	俗
Literally: “when entering a village, follow the customs”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rùxiāngsuísú

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jap⁶ hoeng¹ ceoi⁴ zuk⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): li̍p-hiong-sûi-sio̍k / ji̍p-hiong-sûi-sio̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): rib⁸ hiên¹ sui⁵ sog⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rùxiāngsuísú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rùsiangsuéisú
    • Wade–Giles: ju⁴-hsiang¹-sui²-su²
    • Yale: rù-syāng-swéi-sú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhshiangsweiswu
    • Palladius: жусянсуйсу (žusjansujsu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯³⁵ su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jap⁶ hoeng¹ ceoi⁴ zuk⁶
    • Yale: yahp hēung chèuih juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jap⁹ hoeng¹ tsoey⁴ dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeb⁶ hêng¹ cêu⁴ zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐp̚² hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ t͡sʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p-hiong-sûi-sio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: li̍p-hiong-suî-sio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: libhiongsuisiok
    • IPA (Taipei): /lip̚⁴⁻³² hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sui²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lip̚⁴⁻³² hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sui²⁴⁻²² siɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍p-hiong-sûi-sio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍p-hiong-suî-sio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jibhiongsuisiok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zip̚⁴⁻³² hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sui²³⁻³³ siɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: rib⁸ hiên¹ sui⁵ sog⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ji̍p hieⁿ sûi so̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zip̚⁴⁻² hĩẽ³³⁻²³ sui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sok̚⁴/

Idiom

入鄉隨俗

1. when in Rome, do as the Romans do

Synonyms

• 入境隨俗／入境随俗 (rùjìngsuísú)
• (Beijing) 隨鄉兒入鄉兒／随乡儿入乡儿 (suíxiāngrrùxiāngr)
• (Hokkien) 入鄉隨俗，入港隨灣／入乡随俗，入港随湾, 入港隨灣，入鄉隨俗／入港随湾，入乡随俗

See also

• (Vietnamese) nhập gia tùy tục, nhập gia tùy tục, nhập giang tùy khúc