我手寫我口

Chinese

		I; me	hand; convenient; ‑er	to write	I; me	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (我手寫我口)		我	手	寫	我	口
simp. (我手写我口)		我	手	写	我	口

Etymology

Attributed to Huang Zunxian, popularized for its current sense by the writer Hu Shih

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǒ shǒu xiě wǒ kǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄨㄛˇ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁵ sau² se² ngo⁵ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǒ shǒu xiě wǒ kǒu [Phonetic: wóshóuxiéwókǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄨㄛˇ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǒ shǒu siě wǒ kǒu
    • Wade–Giles: wo³ shou³ hsieh³ wo³ kʻou³
    • Yale: wǒ shǒu syě wǒ kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woo shoou shiee woo koou
    • Palladius: во шоу се во коу (vo šou se vo kou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁵ sau² se² ngo⁵ hau²
    • Yale: ngóh sáu sé ngóh háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁵ sau² se² ngo⁵ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁵ seo² sé² ngo⁵ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː¹³ sɐu̯³⁵ sɛː³⁵ ŋɔː¹³ hɐu̯³⁵/

Phrase

我手寫我口

1. "my hand writes [what] my mouth [speaks]", referring to writing in written vernacular Chinese rather than the literary register of Classical Chinese.