授人以魚不如授人以漁

See also: 授人以鱼不如授人以渔

Chinese

		to teach; to instruct; to award to teach; to instruct; to award; to give	man; person; people	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	fish	not as good as	to teach; to instruct; to award to teach; to instruct; to award; to give	man; person; people	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	fisherman; to fish
trad. (授人以魚不如授人以漁)		授	人	以	魚	不如	授	人	以	漁
simp. (授人以鱼不如授人以渔)		授	人	以	鱼	不如	授	人	以	渔
Literally: “giving a person fish is not as good as teaching a person to fish”.

Etymology

魚 (OC *ŋa, “fish”) and 漁 (OC *ŋa, “fishing”) have been homophonic since Old Chinese, both derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòu rén yǐ yú bùrú shòu rén yǐ yú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄩˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ jan⁴ ji⁵ jyu⁴ bat¹ jyu⁴ sau⁶ jan⁴ ji⁵ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòu rén yǐ yú bùrú shòu rén yǐ yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄩˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòu rén yǐ yú bùrú shòu rén yǐ yú
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴ jên² i³ yü² pu⁴-ju² shou⁴ jên² i³ yü²
    • Yale: shòu rén yǐ yú bù-rú shòu rén yǐ yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: show ren yii yu buru show ren yii yu
    • Palladius: шоу жэнь и юй бужу шоу жэнь и юй (šou žɛnʹ i juj bužu šou žɛnʹ i juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau⁶ jan⁴ ji⁵ jyu⁴ bat¹ jyu⁴ sau⁶ jan⁴ ji⁵ jyu⁴
    • Yale: sauh yàhn yíh yùh bāt yùh sauh yàhn yíh yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ jan⁴ ji⁵ jy⁴ bat⁷ jy⁴ sau⁶ jan⁴ ji⁵ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ yen⁴ yi⁵ yu⁴ bed¹ yu⁴ seo⁶ yen⁴ yi⁵ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² jɐn²¹ jiː¹³ jyː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ sɐu̯²² jɐn²¹ jiː¹³ jyː²¹/

Proverb

授人以魚不如授人以漁

1. give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime