病從口入，禍從口出

See also: 病从口入，祸从口出

Chinese

		ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect	from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	to enter		disaster	from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
trad. (病從口入，禍從口出)		病	從	口	入	，	禍	從	口	出
simp. (病从口入，祸从口出)		病	从	口	入	，	祸	从	口	出
Literally: “Disease goes in by the mouth and trouble comes out of the mouth.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìng cóng kǒu rù, huò cóng kǒu chū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄖㄨˋ , ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): beng⁶ cung⁴ hau² jap⁶, wo⁶ cung⁴ hau² ceot¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìng cóng kǒu rù, huò cóng kǒu chū
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄖㄨˋ , ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìng cóng kǒu rù, huò cóng kǒu chu
    • Wade–Giles: ping⁴ tsʻung² kʻou³ ju⁴, huo⁴ tsʻung² kʻou³ chʻu¹
    • Yale: bìng tsúng kǒu rù-, hwò tsúng kǒu chū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binq tsorng koou ruh, huoh tsorng koou chu
    • Palladius: бин цун коу жу, хо цун коу чу (bin cun kou žu, xo cun kou ču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: beng⁶ cung⁴ hau² jap⁶, wo⁶ cung⁴ hau² ceot¹
    • Yale: behng chùhng háu yahp, woh chùhng háu chēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: beng⁶ tsung⁴ hau² jap⁹, wo⁶ tsung⁴ hau² tsoet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: béng⁶ cung⁴ heo² yeb⁶, wo⁶ cung⁴ heo² cêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛːŋ²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ hɐu̯³⁵ jɐp̚² wɔː²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/

Proverb

病從口入，禍從口出

1. illness comes in via the mouth because of food and trouble goes out via the mouth because of words; carefulness is required in one's diet and speech

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (病從口入，禍從口出):

• → Vietnamese: bệnh tòng khẩu nhập, hoạ tòng khẩu xuất (病從口入，禍從口出)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
病	從	口	入	禍	從	口	出

Phrase

病從口入，禍從口出

1. chữ Hán form of bệnh tòng khẩu nhập, hoạ tòng khẩu xuất (“Illness comes in via the mouth because of food and trouble goes out via the mouth because of words; carefulness required in diet and speech”).