入鄉隨俗，入港隨灣

Chinese

		to enter	country; village	to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname	vulgar		to enter	harbour; Hong Kong (abbrev.)	to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname	bay; gulf
trad. (入鄉隨俗，入港隨灣)		入	鄉	隨	俗	，	入	港	隨	灣
simp. (入乡随俗，入港随湾)		入	乡	随	俗	，	入	港	随	湾
Literally: “when entering a village, follow the customs, when entering a port, follow the bends”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): li̍p-hiuⁿ-sûi-sio̍k,li̍p-káng-sûi-oan / ji̍p-hioⁿ-sûi-sio̍k,ji̍p-káng-sûi-oan

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p-hiuⁿ-sûi-sio̍k,li̍p-káng-sûi-oan
    • Tâi-lô: li̍p-hiunn-suî-sio̍k,li̍p-káng-suî-uan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lip̚²⁴⁻² hiũ³³ sui²⁴⁻²² siɔk̚²⁴ lip̚²⁴⁻² kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sui²⁴⁻²² uan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lip̚⁴⁻³² hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² sui²⁴⁻²² siɔk̚⁴ lip̚⁴⁻³² kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sui²⁴⁻²² uan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍p-hioⁿ-sûi-sio̍k,ji̍p-káng-sûi-oan
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍p-hionn-suî-sio̍k,ji̍p-káng-suî-uan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² sui¹³⁻²² siɔk̚¹²¹ d͡zip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sui¹³⁻²² uan⁴⁴/

Idiom

入鄉隨俗，入港隨灣

1. (Hokkien) when in Rome, do as the Romans do

Synonyms

• 入鄉隨俗／入乡随俗 (rùxiāngsuísú)
• 入境隨俗／入境随俗 (rùjìngsuísú)
• (Beijing) 隨鄉兒入鄉兒／随乡儿入乡儿 (suíxiāngrrùxiāngr)
• (Hokkien) 入港隨灣，入鄉隨俗／入港随湾，入乡随俗