善有善報，惡有惡報

Chinese

		good deeds leads to good outcomes; one good turn deserves another		evil has its retribution; what goes around comes around; sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
trad. (善有善報，惡有惡報)		善有善報	，	惡有惡報
simp. (善有善报，恶有恶报)		善有善报	，	恶有恶报

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàn yǒu shànbào, è yǒu èbào

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄢˋ ㄅㄠˋ , ㄜˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄜˋ ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶ jau⁵ sin⁶ bou³, ok³ jau⁵ ok³ bou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàn yǒu shànbào, è yǒu èbào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄢˋ ㄅㄠˋ , ㄜˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄜˋ ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàn yǒu shànbào, è yǒu èbào
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴ yu³ shan⁴-pao⁴, o⁴ yu³ o⁴-pao⁴
    • Yale: shàn yǒu shàn-bàu-, è yǒu è-bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann yeou shannbaw, eh yeou ehbaw
    • Palladius: шань ю шаньбао, э ю эбао (šanʹ ju šanʹbao, e ju ebao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɤ⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin⁶ jau⁵ sin⁶ bou³, ok³ jau⁵ ok³ bou³
    • Yale: sihn yáuh sihn bou, ok yáuh ok bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶ jau⁵ sin⁶ bou³, ok⁸ jau⁵ ok⁸ bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶ yeo⁵ xin⁶ bou³, og³ yeo⁵ og³ bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²² jɐu̯¹³ siːn²² pou̯³³ ɔːk̚³ jɐu̯¹³ ɔːk̚³ pou̯³³/

Proverb

善有善報，惡有惡報

1. what goes around comes around

Related terms

• 善惡有報／善恶有报