伴君如伴虎

Chinese

		partner; companion; associate partner; companion; associate; to accompany; comrade	monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler	as (if); such as	partner; companion; associate partner; companion; associate; to accompany; comrade	tiger
trad. (伴君如伴虎)		伴	君	如	伴	虎
simp. #(伴君如伴虎)		伴	君	如	伴	虎

Etymology

Literally: Accompanying one's sovereign can be like accompanying a tiger.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄖㄨˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄏㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun⁶ gwan¹ jyu⁴ bun⁶ fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄖㄨˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàn jyun rú bàn hǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴ chün¹ ju² pan⁴ hu³
    • Yale: bàn jyūn rú bàn hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann jiun ru bann huu
    • Palladius: бань цзюнь жу бань ху (banʹ czjunʹ žu banʹ xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ pän⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun⁶ gwan¹ jyu⁴ bun⁶ fu²
    • Yale: buhn gwān yùh buhn fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun⁶ gwan¹ jy⁴ bun⁶ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun⁶ guen¹ yu⁴ bun⁶ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn²² kʷɐn⁵⁵ jyː²¹ puːn²² fuː³⁵/

Proverb

伴君如伴虎

1. It can be dangerous to follow one's leader.