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
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

  (Pinyin): yī yàng mǐ yǎng bǎi yàng rén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄧㄤˋ ㄇㄧˇ ㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄞˇ ㄧㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ joeng⁶ mai⁵ joeng⁵ baak³ joeng⁶ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit yong mí yông pak yong ngìn

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• 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/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit yong mí yông pak yong ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id^ˋ (r)iong mi^ˋ (r)iong^ˊ bag^ˋ (r)iong ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ yong⁴ mi³ yong¹ bag⁵ yong⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² (j)i̯oŋ⁵⁵ mi³¹ (j)i̯oŋ²⁴ pak̚² (j)i̯oŋ⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/

Proverb

一樣米養百樣人

1. 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 edit
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