你做初一我做十五

Chinese

		you	to do; to make; to produce	first day of a lunar month; first year in junior middle school; seventh grade	I; me	to do; to make; to produce	fifteen; 15
simp. and trad. (你做初一我做十五)		你	做	初一	我	做	十五
Literally: “you do the first day of the month; I'll do the fifteenth”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐ zuò chūyī wǒ zuò shíwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨ ㄧ ㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˊ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁵ zou⁶ co¹ jat¹ ngo⁵ zou⁶ sap⁶ ng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ zuò chūyī wǒ zuò shíwǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨ ㄧ ㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˊ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ zuò chuyi wǒ zuò shíhwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ni³ tso⁴ chʻu¹-i¹ wo³ tso⁴ shih²-wu³
    • Yale: nǐ dzwò chū-yī wǒ dzwò shŕ-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii tzuoh chui woo tzuoh shyrwuu
    • Palladius: ни цзо чуи во цзо шиу (ni czo čui vo czo šiu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ i⁵⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nei⁵ zou⁶ co¹ jat¹ ngo⁵ zou⁶ sap⁶ ng⁵
    • Yale: néih jouh chō yāt ngóh jouh sahp ńgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁵ dzou⁶ tso¹ jat⁷ ngo⁵ dzou⁶ sap⁹ ng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁵ zou⁶ co¹ yed¹ ngo⁵ zou⁶ seb⁶ ng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯¹³ t͡sou̯²² t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ ŋɔː¹³ t͡sou̯²² sɐp̚² ŋ̍¹³/

Idiom

你做初一我做十五

1. (chiefly Cantonese) an eye for an eye; tit for tat