欺山莫欺水

Chinese

		take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat	mountain; hill	do not; there is none who	take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat	water; river
trad. (欺山莫欺水)		欺	山	莫	欺	水
simp. #(欺山莫欺水)		欺	山	莫	欺	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīshānmòqīshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄕㄢ ㄇㄛˋ ㄑㄧ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ saan¹ mok⁶ hei¹ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīshānmòqīshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄕㄢ ㄇㄛˋ ㄑㄧ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cishanmòcishuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-shan¹-mo⁴-chʻi¹-shui³
    • Yale: chī-shān-mwò-chī-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chishanmohchishoei
    • Palladius: цишаньмоцишуй (cišanʹmocišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ saan¹ mok⁶ hei¹ seoi²
    • Yale: hēi sāan mohk hēi séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ saan¹ mok⁹ hei¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ san¹ mog⁶ héi¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ mɔːk̚² hei̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Proverb

欺山莫欺水

1. Rather climb a mountain than swim or play in the water; i.e. better the Devil you know, alluding to the fact that when climbing a mountain, all dangers are clearly visible but when swimming, there may be invisible dangers lurking.