守望相助

Chinese

		to keep watch; to guard	to help each other; to help
trad. (守望相助)		守望	相助
simp. ^#(守望相助)		守望	相助

Etymology

From Mencius:

死徙無出鄉，鄉田同井，出入相友，守望相助，疾病相扶持，則百姓親睦。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

死徙无出乡，乡田同井，出入相友，守望相助，疾病相扶持，则百姓亲睦。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

Sǐ xǐ wú chū xiāng, xiāng tián tóng jǐng, chūrù xiàngyǒu, shǒuwàng xiàngzhù, jíbìng xiàng fúchí, zé bǎixìng qīnmù. [Pinyin]

. On occasions of death, or removal from one dwelling to another, there will be no quitting the district. In the fields of a district, those who belong to the same nine squares render all friendly offices to one another in their going out and coming in, aid one another in keeping watch and ward, and sustain one another in sickness. Thus the people are brought to live in affection and harmony.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒuwàngxiāngzhù

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² mong⁶ soeng¹ zo⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-bōng-siong-chō͘ / siú-bōng-siang-chō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuwàngxiāngzhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤㄓㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuwàngsiangjhù
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-wang⁴-hsiang¹-chu⁴
  - Yale: shǒu-wàng-syāng-jù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouwanqshiangjuh
  - Palladius: шоувансянчжу (šouvansjančžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² mong⁶ soeng¹ zo⁶
  - Yale: sáu mohng sēung joh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² mong⁶ soeng¹ dzo⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² mong⁶ sêng¹ zo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ mɔːŋ²² sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-bōng-siong-chō͘
  - Tâi-lô: siú-bōng-siong-tsōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siw'boxngsiongzo
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-bōng-siang-chō͘
  - Tâi-lô: siú-bōng-siang-tsōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siw'boxngsiangzo
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ³³/

Idiom

守望相助

to keep watch and defend and help one another