人心隔肚皮

Chinese

		people's thoughts; public feeling; moral nature	to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut off	tummy; belly
trad. (人心隔肚皮)		人心	隔	肚皮
simp. #(人心隔肚皮)		人心	隔	肚皮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénxīn gé dùpí

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄜˊ ㄉㄨˋ ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ sam¹ gaak³ tou⁵ pei⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnin-shin ⁷kaq ⁶du-bi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénxīn gé dùpí
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄜˊ ㄉㄨˋ ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénsin gé dùpí
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-hsin¹ ko² tu⁴-pʻi²
    • Yale: rén-syīn gé dù-pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshin ger duhpyi
    • Palladius: жэньсинь гэ дупи (žɛnʹsinʹ gɛ dupi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵ tu⁵¹ pʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ sam¹ gaak³ tou⁵ pei⁴
    • Yale: yàhn sām gaak tóuh pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ sam¹ gaak⁸ tou⁵ pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ sem¹ gag³ tou⁵ péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ kaːk̚³ tʰou̯¹³ pʰei̯²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnin-shin ⁷kaq ⁶du-bi
    • MiniDict: nyin^去 shin kah^入 du^去 bi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyin-xin ⁴kaq ³du-bi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲin²² ɕin³³  kaʔ⁴⁴  du²² bi⁴⁴/

Proverb

人心隔肚皮

1. someone else's heart is difficult to know

Synonyms

• 知人知面不知心 (zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn)
• (Wu) 知人知面勿知心