人之患在好為人師

Chinese

		man; person; people	's; him/her/it; this	misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble; danger; worry; to contract (a disease)	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	to be fond of teaching others; to like to be a master to others
trad. (人之患在好為人師/人之患在好爲人師)		人	之	患	在	好為人師/好爲人師
simp. (人之患在好为人师)		人	之	患	在	好为人师

Etymology

From Mencius:

孟子曰：「人之患在好為人師。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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孟子曰：「人之患在好为人师。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

Mèngzǐ yuē: “Rén zhī huàn zài hàowéirénshī.” [Pinyin]

Mencius said, 'The evil of men is that they like to be teachers of others.'

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rén zhī huàn zài hàowéirénshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄠˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ zi¹ waan⁶ zoi⁶ hou³ wai⁴ jan⁴ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rén zhī huàn zài hàowéirénshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄠˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rén jhih huàn zài hàowéirénshih
    • Wade–Giles: jên² chih¹ huan⁴ tsai⁴ hao⁴-wei²-jên²-shih¹
    • Yale: rén jr̄ hwàn dzài hàu-wéi-rén-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren jy huann tzay hawweirenshy
    • Palladius: жэнь чжи хуань цзай хаовэйжэньши (žɛnʹ čži xuanʹ czaj xaovɛjžɛnʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɑʊ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ zi¹ waan⁶ zoi⁶ hou³ wai⁴ jan⁴ si¹
    • Yale: yàhn jī waahn joih hou wàih yàhn sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ dzi¹ waan⁶ dzoi⁶ hou³ wai⁴ jan⁴ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ ji¹ wan⁶ zoi⁶ hou³ wei⁴ yen⁴ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ waːn²² t͡sɔːi̯²² hou̯³³ wɐi̯²¹ jɐn²¹ siː⁵⁵/

Proverb

人之患在好為人師

1. it is bad to give unsolicited counsel or lectures