入鄉隨俗

See also: 入乡随俗

Chinese

	to enter	country; village	to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname	vulgar
trad. (入鄉隨俗)	入	鄉	隨	俗
simp. (入乡随俗)	入	乡	随	俗
Literally: “when entering a village, follow the customs”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rùxiāngsuísú

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jap⁶ hoeng¹ ceoi⁴ zuk⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): li̍p-hiong-sûi-sio̍k / ji̍p-hiong-sûi-sio̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): rib⁸ hiên¹ sui⁵ sog⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rùxiāngsuísú
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rùsiangsuéisú
  - Wade–Giles: ju⁴-hsiang¹-sui²-su²
  - Yale: rù-syāng-swéi-sú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhshiangsweiswu
  - Palladius: жусянсуйсу (žusjansujsu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯³⁵ su³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jap⁶ hoeng¹ ceoi⁴ zuk⁶
  - Yale: yahp hēung chèuih juhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jap⁹ hoeng¹ tsoey⁴ dzuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeb⁶ hêng¹ cêu⁴ zug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐp̚² hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ t͡sʊk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p-hiong-sûi-sio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: li̍p-hiong-suî-sio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: libhiongsuisiok
  - IPA (Taipei): /lip̚⁴⁻³² hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sui²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lip̚⁴⁻³² hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sui²⁴⁻²² siɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍p-hiong-sûi-sio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ji̍p-hiong-suî-sio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jibhiongsuisiok
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zip̚⁴⁻³² hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sui²³⁻³³ siɔk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: rib⁸ hiên¹ sui⁵ sog⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ji̍p hieⁿ sûi so̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zip̚⁴⁻² hĩẽ³³⁻²³ sui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sok̚⁴/

Idiom

入鄉隨俗

when in Rome, do as the Romans do

Synonyms

入境隨俗／入境随俗 (rùjìngsuísú)
(Beijing) 隨鄉兒入鄉兒／随乡儿入乡儿 (suíxiāngrrùxiāngr)
(Hokkien) 入鄉隨俗，入港隨灣／入乡随俗，入港随湾, 入港隨灣，入鄉隨俗／入港随湾，入乡随俗