無魚，蝦也好

Chinese

	not have	fish		shrimp; prawn	also; too	good; well; be fond of
trad. (無魚，蝦也好)	無	魚	，	蝦	也	好
simp. (无鱼，虾也好)	无	鱼	，	虾	也	好
Literally: “If there is no fish, shrimp is also good”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wú yú, xiā yě hǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄩˊ , ㄒㄧㄚㄧㄝˇ ㄏㄠˇ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bô hî, hê iā hó / bô hî, hê ā hó / bô hîr, hê iā hó / bô hîr, hê ā hó

(Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ he⁵, hê⁵ ia⁷ ho²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wú yú, xiā yě hǎo [Phonetic: wúyú,xiāyéhǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄩˊ , ㄒㄧㄚㄧㄝˇ ㄏㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wú yú, sia yě hǎo
  - Wade–Giles: wu² yü², hsia¹ yeh³ hao³
  - Yale: wú yú-, syā yě hǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu yu, shia yee hao
  - Palladius: у юй, ся е хао (u juj, sja je xao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ y³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô hî, hê iā hó
  - Tâi-lô: bô hî, hê iā hó
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² hi²⁴ he²⁴ ia²²⁻²¹ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ hi²⁴ he²⁴ ia²²⁻²¹ ho⁴²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô hî, hê ā hó
  - Tâi-lô: bô hî, hê ā hó
  - IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ hi²⁴ he²⁴ a²²⁻²¹ ho⁴²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² hi²⁴ he²⁴ a²²⁻²¹ ho⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô hîr, hê iā hó
  - Tâi-lô: bô hîr, hê iā hó
  - IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ hɯ²⁴ he²⁴ ia²²⁻²¹ ho⁴²/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô hîr, hê ā hó
  - Tâi-lô: bô hîr, hê ā hó
  - IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ hɯ²⁴ he²⁴ a²²⁻²¹ ho⁴²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bho⁵ he⁵, hê⁵ ia⁷ ho²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô hṳ̂, hê iā hó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hɯ⁵⁵ he⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ia¹¹ ho⁵²/

Proverb

無魚，蝦也好

it is alright to settle for something less; it is better to have something than have nothing

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 無魚，蝦嘛好／无鱼，虾嘛好