坐不改姓，行不改名

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	not; no	to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	surname; family name; name		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	not; no	to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (坐不改姓，行不改名)		坐	不	改	姓	，	行	不	改	名
simp. #(坐不改姓，行不改名)		坐	不	改	姓	，	行	不	改	名
Literally: “to not change your surname after sitting down, and not change your given name after doing something”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuò bù gǎi xìng, xíng bù gǎi míng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ , ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuò bù gǎi xìng, xíng bù gǎi míng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ , ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuò bù gǎi sìng, síng bù gǎi míng
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴ pu⁴ kai³ hsing⁴, hsing² pu⁴ kai³ ming²
    • Yale: dzwò bù gǎi syìng-, syíng bù gǎi míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh bu gae shinq, shyng bu gae ming
    • Palladius: цзо бу гай син, син бу гай мин (czo bu gaj sin, sin bu gaj min)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/

Idiom

坐不改姓，行不改名

1. Alternative form of 行不改名，坐不改姓 (xíng bù gǎi míng, zuò bù gǎi xìng)