非我族類，其心必異
Chinese
(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa |
I; me | people of the same clan or ethnicity; same type; same kind | his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it) |
heart; mind | certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily |
different; unusual; strange | |||
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| trad. (非我族類，其心必異) | 非 | 我 | 族類 | ， | 其 | 心 | 必 | 異 | |
| simp. (非我族类，其心必异) | 非 | 我 | 族类 | ， | 其 | 心 | 必 | 异 | |
| Literally: “If he be not of our kin, he is sure to have a different mind.” | |||||||||
Etymology
A quote from the Commentary of Zuo.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fēiwǒzúlèi, qíxīnbìyì
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄌㄟˋ , ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: feiwǒzúlèi, císinbìyì
- Wade–Giles: fei1-wo3-tsu2-lei4, chʻi2-hsin1-pi4-i4
- Yale: fēi-wǒ-dzú-lèi-, chí-syīn-bì-yì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiwootzwuley, chyishinbihyih
- Palladius: фэйвоцзулэй, цисиньбии (fɛjvoczulɛj, cisinʹbii)
- Sinological IPA (key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fei1 ngo5 zuk6 leoi6, kei4 sam1 bit1 ji6
- Yale: fēi ngóh juhk leuih, kèih sām bīt yih
- Cantonese Pinyin: fei1 ngo5 dzuk9 loey6, kei4 sam1 bit7 ji6
- Guangdong Romanization: féi1 ngo5 zug6 lêu6, kéi4 sem1 bid1 yi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /fei̯⁵⁵ ŋɔː¹³ t͡sʊk̚² lɵy̯²² kʰei̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ piːt̚⁵ jiː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
非我族類，其心必異