萬變不離其宗

See also: 万变不离其宗

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	not; no	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)	school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family
trad. (萬變不離其宗)		萬	變	不	離	其	宗
simp. (万变不离其宗)		万	变	不	离	其	宗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄗㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ bin⁶ bat¹ lei⁴ kei⁴ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄗㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàn biàn bù lí cí zong
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴ pien⁴ pu⁴ li² chʻi² tsung¹
    • Yale: wàn byàn bù lí chí dzūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wann biann bu li chyi tzong
    • Palladius: вань бянь бу ли ци цзун (vanʹ bjanʹ bu li ci czun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ bin⁶ bat¹ lei⁴ kei⁴ zung¹
    • Yale: maahn bihn bāt lèih kèih jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ bin⁶ bat⁷ lei⁴ kei⁴ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ bin⁶ bed¹ léi⁴ kéi⁴ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² piːn²² pɐt̚⁵ lei̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proverb

萬變不離其宗

1. No matter how much something changes, it will still retain its essence.