塵歸塵，土歸土
Chinese
| dust; dirt; earth | to go back; to return | dust; dirt; earth | earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian |
to go back; to return | earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian | |||
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| trad. (塵歸塵，土歸土) | 塵 | 歸 | 塵 | ， | 土 | 歸 | 土 | |
| simp. (尘归尘，土归土) | 尘 | 归 | 尘 | ， | 土 | 归 | 土 | |
Etymology
Calque of English Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chénguīchén, tǔguītǔ
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄔㄣˊ , ㄊㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄊㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chéngueichén, tǔgueitǔ
- Wade–Giles: chʻên2-kuei1-chʻên2, tʻu3-kuei1-tʻu3
- Yale: chén-gwēi-chén-, tǔ-gwēi-tǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngueichern, tuugueituu
- Palladius: чэньгуйчэнь, тугуйту (čɛnʹgujčɛnʹ, tugujtu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: can4 gwai1 can4, tou2 gwai1 tou2
- Yale: chàhn gwāi chàhn, tóu gwāi tóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsan4 gwai1 tsan4, tou2 gwai1 tou2
- Guangdong Romanization: cen4 guei1 cen4, tou2 guei1 tou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɐn²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐn²¹ tʰou̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
塵歸塵，土歸土