近朱者赤，近墨者黑

Chinese

		near; close (to); approximately	surname; vermilion	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)	red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked		near; close (to); approximately	China ink; ink stick; (abbrev.)	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)	black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)
trad. (近朱者赤，近墨者黑)		近	朱	者	赤	，	近	墨	者	黑
simp. #(近朱者赤，近墨者黑)		近	朱	者	赤	，	近	墨	者	黑
Literally: “Proximity to cinnabar makes one red, to pitch makes one black.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìn zhū zhě chì, jìn mò zhě hēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄓㄨ ㄓㄜˇ ㄔˋ , ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄏㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan⁶ zyu¹ ze² cek³, gan⁶ mak⁶ ze² hak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìn zhū zhě chì, jìn mò zhě hēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄓㄨ ㄓㄜˇ ㄔˋ , ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄏㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìn jhu jhě chìh, jìn mò jhě hei
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴ chu¹ chê³ chʻih⁴, chin⁴ mo⁴ chê³ hei¹
    • Yale: jìn jū jě chr̀-, jìn mwò jě hēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn ju jee chyh, jinn moh jee hei
    • Palladius: цзинь чжу чжэ чи, цзинь мо чжэ хэй (czinʹ čžu čžɛ či, czinʹ mo čžɛ xɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan⁶ zyu¹ ze² cek³, gan⁶ mak⁶ ze² hak¹
    • Yale: gahn jyū jé chek, gahn mahk jé hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan⁶ dzy¹ dze² tsek⁸, gan⁶ mak⁹ dze² hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen⁶ ju¹ zé² cég³, gen⁶ meg⁶ zé² heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn²² t͡syː⁵⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵ t͡sʰɛːk̚³ kɐn²² mɐk̚² t͡sɛː³⁵ hɐk̚⁵/

Phrase

近朱者赤，近墨者黑

1. Different environments provide different influences; who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl