肥水不流外人田

Chinese

			not; no	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	non-family member; outsider; stranger	field; farm
trad. (肥水不流外人田)		肥水	不	流	外人	田
simp. #(肥水不流外人田)		肥水	不	流	外人	田
Literally: “Fertile water should not flow into someone else's field.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): féishuǐ bù liú wàirén tián

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei⁴ seoi² bat¹ lau⁴ ngoi⁶ jan⁴ tin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: féishuǐ bù liú wàirén tián
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: féishuěi bù lióu wàirén tián
    • Wade–Giles: fei²-shui³ pu⁴ liu² wai⁴-jên² tʻien²
    • Yale: féi-shwěi bù lyóu wài-rén tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feirshoei bu liou wayren tyan
    • Palladius: фэйшуй бу лю вайжэнь тянь (fɛjšuj bu lju vajžɛnʹ tjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei⁴ seoi² bat¹ lau⁴ ngoi⁶ jan⁴ tin⁴
    • Yale: fèih séui bāt làuh ngoih yàhn tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei⁴ soey² bat⁷ lau⁴ ngoi⁶ jan⁴ tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi⁴ sêu² bed¹ leo⁴ ngoi⁶ yen⁴ tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ ŋɔːi̯²² jɐn²¹ tʰiːn²¹/

Proverb

肥水不流外人田

1. Synonym of 肥水不落外人田 (féishuǐ bù luò wàirén tián, “a benefit should not be given to others and should be shared exclusively among one’s own people”)