入境隨俗

See also: 入境随俗

Chinese

		to enter	border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory	to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname	vulgar
trad. (入境隨俗)		入	境	隨	俗
simp. (入境随俗)		入	境	随	俗

Etymology

Literally, “Enter an area, follow the local customs”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rùjìngsuísú

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rùjìngsuísú
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rùjìngsuéisú
  - Wade–Giles: ju⁴-ching⁴-sui²-su²
  - Yale: rù-jìng-swéi-sú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhjinqsweiswu
  - Palladius: жуцзинсуйсу (žuczinsujsu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ su̯eɪ̯³⁵ su³⁵/

Idiom

入境隨俗

(chiefly Taiwan) when in Rome, do as the Romans do

Synonyms

入鄉隨俗／入乡随俗 (rùxiāngsuísú)

See also

嫁雞隨雞，嫁狗隨狗／嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗 (jià jī suí jī, jià gǒu suí gǒu)
(Vietnamese) nhập gia tùy tục, nhập gia tùy tục, nhập giang tùy khúc