公說公有理，婆說婆有理

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	to be reasonable; to be well-founded; to be rational to be reasonable; to be well-founded; to be rational; reasonable; well-founded; rational		grandmother; matron; mother-in-law	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law	to be reasonable; to be well-founded; to be rational to be reasonable; to be well-founded; to be rational; reasonable; well-founded; rational
trad. (公說公有理，婆說婆有理/公説公有理，婆説婆有理)		公	說/説	公	有理	，	婆	說/説	婆	有理
simp. (公说公有理，婆说婆有理)		公	说	公	有理	，	婆	说	婆	有理
Literally: “The grandfather/husband says that he has his reason, the grandmother/wife says that she has her reason too”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōng shuō gōng yǒulǐ, pó shuō pó yǒulǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ , ㄆㄛˊ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄆㄛˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ syut³ gung¹ jau⁵ lei⁵, po⁴ syut³ po⁴ jau⁵ lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōng shuō gōng yǒulǐ, pó shuō pó yǒulǐ [Phonetic: gōngshuōgōngyóulǐ,póshuōpóyóulǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ , ㄆㄛˊ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄆㄛˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gong shuo gong yǒulǐ, pó shuo pó yǒulǐ
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹ shuo¹ kung¹ yu³-li³, pʻo² shuo¹ pʻo² yu³-li³
    • Yale: gūng shwō gūng yǒu-lǐ-, pwó shwō pwó yǒu-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong shuo gong yeoulii, por shuo por yeoulii
    • Palladius: гун шо гун юли, по шо по юли (gun šo gun juli, po šo po juli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ syut³ gung¹ jau⁵ lei⁵, po⁴ syut³ po⁴ jau⁵ lei⁵
    • Yale: gūng syut gūng yáuh léih, pòh syut pòh yáuh léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ syt⁸ gung¹ jau⁵ lei⁵, po⁴ syt⁸ po⁴ jau⁵ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ xud³ gung¹ yeo⁵ léi⁵, po⁴ xud³ po⁴ yeo⁵ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ syːt̚³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ lei̯¹³ pʰɔː²¹ syːt̚³ pʰɔː²¹ jɐu̯¹³ lei̯¹³/

Idiom

公說公有理，婆說婆有理

1. (in an argument) the situation where both parties claim to be right and cannot reach a concensus

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 公有公情理，婆有婆情理 (Kong ū kong chêng-lí, pô ū pô chêng-lí), 人有人情理，賊有賊情理／人有人情理，贼有贼情理 (Lâng ū lâng chêng-lí, chha̍t ū chha̍t chêng-lí)