無魚，蝦也好

Chinese

		not have	fish		shrimp; prawn	also; too	good; well; be fond of
trad. (無魚，蝦也好)		無	魚	，	蝦	也	好
simp. (无鱼，虾也好)		无	鱼	，	虾	也	好
Literally: “If there is no fish, shrimp is also good”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú yú, xiā yě hǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄩˊ , ㄒㄧㄚ ㄧㄝˇ ㄏㄠˇ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bô hî, hê iā hó / bô hî, hê ā hó / bô hîr, hê iā hó / bô hîr, hê ā hó

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ he⁵, hê⁵ ia⁷ ho²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wú yú, xiā yě hǎo [Phonetic: wúyú,xiāyéhǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄩˊ , ㄒㄧㄚ ㄧㄝˇ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú yú, sia yě hǎo
    • Wade–Giles: wu² yü², hsia¹ yeh³ hao³
    • Yale: wú yú-, syā yě hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu yu, shia yee hao
    • Palladius: у юй, ся е хао (u juj, sja je xao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ y³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô hî, hê iā hó
    • Tâi-lô: bô hî, hê iā hó
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² hi²⁴ he²⁴ ia²²⁻²¹ ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ hi²⁴ he²⁴ ia²²⁻²¹ ho⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô hî, hê ā hó
    • Tâi-lô: bô hî, hê ā hó
    • IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ hi²⁴ he²⁴ a²²⁻²¹ ho⁴²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² hi²⁴ he²⁴ a²²⁻²¹ ho⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô hîr, hê iā hó
    • Tâi-lô: bô hîr, hê iā hó
    • IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ hɯ²⁴ he²⁴ ia²²⁻²¹ ho⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô hîr, hê ā hó
    • Tâi-lô: bô hîr, hê ā hó
    • IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ hɯ²⁴ he²⁴ a²²⁻²¹ ho⁴²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ he⁵, hê⁵ ia⁷ ho²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô hṳ̂, hê iā hó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hɯ⁵⁵ he⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ia¹¹ ho⁵²/

Proverb

無魚，蝦也好

1. it is alright to settle for something less; it is better to have something than have nothing

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 無魚，蝦嘛好／无鱼，虾嘛好