授人以魚不如授人以漁

See also: 授人以鱼不如授人以渔

Chinese edit

	to teach; to instruct; to award to teach; to instruct; to award; to give	man; person; people	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	fish	not as good as	to teach; to instruct; to award to teach; to instruct; to award; to give	man; person; people	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	fisherman; to fish
trad. (授人以魚不如授人以漁)	授	人	以	魚	不如	授	人	以	漁
simp. (授人以鱼不如授人以渔)	授	人	以	鱼	不如	授	人	以	渔
Literally: “giving a person fish is not as good as teaching a person to fish”.

魚 (OC *ŋa, “fish”) and 漁 (OC *ŋa, “fishing”) have been homophonic since Old Chinese, both derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja (“fish”).

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shòu rén yǐ yú bùrú shòu rén yǐ yú

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄩˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ jan⁴ ji⁵ jyu⁴ bat¹ jyu⁴ sau⁶ jan⁴ ji⁵ jyu⁴

授人以魚不如授人以漁