人在做，天在看
Chinese
[edit]| man; person; people | (located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing |
to do; to make; to produce | day; sky; heaven | (located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing |
to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think | |||
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| simp. and trad. (人在做，天在看) |
人 | 在 | 做 | ， | 天 | 在 | 看 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ , ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗㄞˋ ㄎㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rén zài zuò, tian zài kàn
- Wade–Giles: jên2 tsai4 tso4, tʻien1 tsai4 kʻan4
- Yale: rén dzài dzwò-, tyān dzài kàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren tzay tzuoh, tian tzay kann
- Palladius: жэнь цзай цзо, тянь цзай кань (žɛnʹ czaj czo, tjanʹ czaj kanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jan4 zoi6 zou6, tin1 zoi6 hon3
- Yale: yàhn joih jouh, tīn joih hon
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan4 dzoi6 dzou6, tin1 dzoi6 hon3
- Guangdong Romanization: yen4 zoi6 zou6, tin1 zoi6 hon3
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐn²¹ t͡sɔːi̯²² t͡sou̯²² tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² hɔːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
[edit]人在做，天在看
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 人在做，天在看 (“the heavens are looking when humans act”) [map]