約定俗成

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See also: 约定俗成

Chinese

		to agree on	custom; practice; habit	to form
trad. (約定俗成)		約定	俗	成
simp. (约定俗成)		约定	俗	成

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuēdìngsúchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄙㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joek³ ding⁶ zuk⁶ sing⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iok-tēng-sio̍k-sêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuēdìngsúchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄙㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuedìngsúchéng
  - Wade–Giles: yüeh¹-ting⁴-su²-chʻêng²
  - Yale: ywē-dìng-sú-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuedinqswucherng
  - Palladius: юэдинсучэн (juedinsučɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵⁵ tiŋ⁵¹ su³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joek³ ding⁶ zuk⁶ sing⁴
  - Yale: yeuk dihng juhk sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁸ ding⁶ dzuk⁹ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêg³ ding⁶ zug⁶ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚³ tɪŋ²² t͡sʊk̚² sɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iok-tēng-sio̍k-sêng
  - Tâi-lô: iok-tīng-sio̍k-sîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iokdexngsiogseeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³ siɔk̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³ siɔk̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ²³/

Idiom

約定俗成

conventional; customary; socially fixed; having an unwritten law
元宵節賞花燈是約定俗成的習俗。
元宵节赏花灯是约定俗成的习俗。
Yuánxiāojié shǎng huādēng shì yuēdìngsúchéng de xísú.
It is customary to put up lanterns during the Lantern Festival.

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