約定俗成

See also: 约定俗成

Chinese

		to agree on	custom; practice; habit	to form
trad. (約定俗成)		約定	俗	成
simp. (约定俗成)		约定	俗	成

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuēdìngsúchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄙㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek³ ding⁶ zuk⁶ sing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iok-tēng-sio̍k-sêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuēdìngsúchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄙㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuedìngsúchéng
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh¹-ting⁴-su²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: ywē-dìng-sú-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuedinqswucherng
    • Palladius: юэдинсучэн (juedinsučɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵⁵ tiŋ⁵¹ su³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek³ ding⁶ zuk⁶ sing⁴
    • Yale: yeuk dihng juhk sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁸ ding⁶ dzuk⁹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg³ ding⁶ zug⁶ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚³ tɪŋ²² t͡sʊk̚² sɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iok-tēng-sio̍k-sêng
    • Tâi-lô: iok-tīng-sio̍k-sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iokdexngsiogseeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³ siɔk̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³ siɔk̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ²³/

Idiom

約定俗成

1. conventional; customary; socially fixed; having an unwritten law

   元宵節賞花燈是約定俗成的習俗。 [MSC, trad.]
   元宵节赏花灯是约定俗成的习俗。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yuánxiāojié shǎng huādēng shì yuēdìngsúchéng de xísú. [Pinyin]

   It is customary to put up lanterns during the Lantern Festival.