一樣米養百樣人
Chinese
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
manner; pattern; way manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape |
rice; metre | give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring someone up; to raise (pig, etc.) |
hundred | manner; pattern; way manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape |
man; person; people | ||
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| trad. (一樣米養百樣人) | 一 | 樣 | 米 | 養 | 百 | 樣 | 人 | |
| simp. (一样米养百样人) | 一 | 样 | 米 | 养 | 百 | 样 | 人 | |
| Literally: “One kind of rice provides for one hundred kinds of people.” | ||||||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jat1 joeng6 mai5 joeng5 baak3 joeng6 jan4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit yong mí yông pak yong ngìn
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yī yàng mǐ yǎng bǎi yàng rén [Phonetic: yíyàngmǐyángbǎiyàngrén]
- Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄧㄤˋ ㄇㄧˇ ㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄞˇ ㄧㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yi yàng mǐ yǎng bǎi yàng rén
- Wade–Giles: i1 yang4 mi3 yang3 pai3 yang4 jên2
- Yale: yī yàng mǐ yǎng bǎi yàng rén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i yanq mii yeang bae yanq ren
- Palladius: и ян ми ян бай ян жэнь (i jan mi jan baj jan žɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ jɑŋ⁵¹ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jat1 joeng6 mai5 joeng5 baak3 joeng6 jan4
- Yale: yāt yeuhng máih yéuhng baak yeuhng yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jat7 joeng6 mai5 joeng5 baak8 joeng6 jan4
- Guangdong Romanization: yed1 yêng6 mei5 yêng5 bag3 yêng6 yen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐt̚⁵ jœːŋ²² mɐi̯¹³ jœːŋ¹³ paːk̚³ jœːŋ²² jɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit yong mí yông pak yong ngìn
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)idˋ (r)iong miˋ (r)iongˊ bagˋ (r)iong nginˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yid5 yong4 mi3 yong1 bag5 yong4 ngin2
- Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² (j)i̯oŋ⁵⁵ mi³¹ (j)i̯oŋ²⁴ pak̚² (j)i̯oŋ⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
Proverb
一樣米養百樣人
- Everybody thinks and acts a little differently even when we are in the same environment
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 一樣米養百樣人 (“Everybody thinks and acts a little differently.”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 一樣米養百樣人 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 一樣米養百樣人 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 一樣米養百樣人 |
| Hong Kong | 一樣米養百樣人 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 一樣飯供百樣人 |
| Xingning | 一樣米養百樣人 | |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 一樣米食出百樣人 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 一樣飯供百樣人 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 一樣飯供百樣人, 一樣米養百樣人 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 一樣飯供百樣人 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 一樣飯畜百樣人 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 一樣飯供百樣人 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 一樣米供百樣人 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 一樣米飼百樣儂, 一樣米飼百樣儂，一樣雞啄百樣蟲, 一款米飼百樣儂, 一樣米粟飼百樣儂, 一樣米食百號儂 |
| Quanzhou | 一樣米飼百樣儂 | |
| Zhangzhou | 一樣米飼百樣儂, 一樣米食百樣儂 | |