睹物思人

Chinese

		observe; see	thing; object; matter	to think; to consider	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (睹物思人)		睹	物	思	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǔwùsīrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˇ ㄨˋ ㄙ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² mat⁶ si¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǔwùsīrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˇ ㄨˋ ㄙ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǔwùsihrén
    • Wade–Giles: tu³-wu⁴-ssŭ¹-jên²
    • Yale: dǔ-wù-sz̄-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duuwuhsyren
    • Palladius: дуусыжэнь (duusyžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² mat⁶ si¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: dóu maht sī yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² mat⁹ si¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² med⁶ xi¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ mɐt̚² siː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Idiom

睹物思人

1. seeing things left behind by someone or the belongings of the deceased triggers one's memories of that person

   • 這王十朋也不通的很，不管在那裡祭一祭罷了，必定跑到江邊子上來作什麼！俗語說『睹物思人』，天下的水總歸一源，不拘那裡的水舀一碗看著哭去，也就盡情了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     这王十朋也不通的很，不管在那里祭一祭罢了，必定跑到江边子上来作什么！俗语说『睹物思人』，天下的水总归一源，不拘那里的水舀一碗看着哭去，也就尽情了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Zhè Wáng Shípéng yě bùtōng de hěn, bùguǎn zài nǎlǐ jì yī jì bàle, bìdìng pǎo dào jiāng biānzǐ shàng lái zuò shénme! Súyǔ shuō ‘dǔwùsīrén’, tiānxià de shuǐ zǒng guī yī yuán, bùjū nǎlǐ de shuǐ yǎo yī wǎn kàn zhe kū qù, yě jiù jìnqíng le. [Pinyin]

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