積善之家，必有餘慶

Chinese

		to do good deeds	's; him/her/it; this	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools		certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	good fortune bequeathed to descendants
trad. (積善之家，必有餘慶)		積善	之	家	，	必	有	餘慶
simp. (积善之家，必有余庆)		积善	之	家	，	必	有	余庆

Etymology

From I Ching:

積善之家，必有餘慶；積不善之家，必有餘殃。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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积善之家，必有余庆；积不善之家，必有余殃。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

Jīshàn zhī jiā, bì yǒu yúqìng; jī bùshàn zhī jiā, bì yǒu yúyāng. [Pinyin]

The family that accumulates goodness is sure to have superabundant happiness, and the family that accumulates evil is sure to have superabundant misery.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīshàn zhī jiā, bì yǒu yúqìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄕㄢˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄚ , ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ ㄑㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ sin⁶ zi¹ gaa¹, bit¹ jau⁵ jyu⁴ hing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīshàn zhī jiā, bì yǒu yúqìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄕㄢˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄚ , ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ ㄑㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jishàn jhih jia, bì yǒu yúcìng
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-shan⁴ chih¹ chia¹, pi⁴ yu³ yü²-chʻing⁴
    • Yale: jī-shàn jr̄ jyā-, bì yǒu yú-chìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jishann jy jia, bih yeou yuchinq
    • Palladius: цзишань чжи цзя, би ю юйцин (czišanʹ čži czja, bi ju jujcin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pi⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ sin⁶ zi¹ gaa¹, bit¹ jau⁵ jyu⁴ hing³
    • Yale: jīk sihn jī gā, bīt yáuh yùh hing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ sin⁶ dzi¹ gaa¹, bit⁷ jau⁵ jy⁴ hing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ xin⁶ ji¹ ga¹, bid¹ yeo⁵ yu⁴ hing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ siːn²² t͡siː⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ piːt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹ hɪŋ³³/

Proverb

積善之家，必有餘慶

1. people who do good deeds will have good fortune in the future

Synonyms

• 積善之家慶有餘／积善之家庆有余