安分守己

See also: 安份守己

Chinese

		knowing one's place; not going beyond one's bounds; content with one's lot knowing one's place; not going beyond one's bounds; content with one's lot; law-abiding
trad. (安分守己)		安分	守己
simp. #(安分守己)		安分	守己
alternative forms		安份守己

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ānfènshǒujǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄈㄣˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ fan⁶ sau² gei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ôn-fun-sú-kí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): an-hūn-siú-kí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānfènshǒujǐ [Phonetic: ānfènshóujǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄈㄣˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: anfènshǒujǐ
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-fên⁴-shou³-chi³
    • Yale: ān-fèn-shǒu-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anfennshooujii
    • Palladius: аньфэньшоуцзи (anʹfɛnʹšouczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ fən⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ fan⁶ sau² gei²
    • Yale: ōn fahn sáu géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ fan⁶ sau² gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ fen⁶ seo² géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ fɐn²² sɐu̯³⁵ kei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôn-fun-sú-kí
    • Hakka Romanization System: on^ˊ fun su^ˋ gi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: on¹ fun⁴ su³ gi³
    • Sinological IPA: /on²⁴⁻¹¹ fun⁵⁵ su³¹ ki³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-hūn-siú-kí
    • Tâi-lô: an-hūn-siú-kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: anhuxnsiw'kie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /an⁴⁴⁻²² hun²²⁻²¹ siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /an³³ hun⁴¹⁻²² siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /an⁴⁴⁻²² hun²²⁻²¹ siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ hun³³⁻¹¹ siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ hun³³⁻²¹ siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴¹/

Idiom

安分守己

1. to abide by the law and do one's duty; to be content with one's lot