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Chinese
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eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
four directions; all sides; all around
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wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner |
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to talk; speech; to speak to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain |
blue, yellow, red, black and white; multi-colored
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spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said |
| trad. (食四面風，講五色話)
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食
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四面
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風
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，
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講
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五色
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話
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| simp. (食四面风，讲五色话)
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食
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四面
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风
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，
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讲
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五色
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话
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| Literally: “eat winds from every direction and speaking languages of various colors”.
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Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h sù-bīn hong, kóng ngó͘-sek ōe / chia̍h sì-bīn hong, kóng ngó͘-sek ōe / chia̍h sì-bīn hoang, káng gó͘-siak ōe
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h sù-bīn hong, kóng ngó͘-sek ōe
- Tâi-lô: tsia̍h sù-bīn hong, kóng ngóo-sik uē
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ su²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ue²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ su¹¹⁻⁵³ bin³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ su²¹⁻⁴¹ bin³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h sì-bīn hong, kóng ngó͘-sek ōe
- Tâi-lô: tsia̍h sì-bīn hong, kóng ngóo-sik uē
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ si²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ue²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ si¹¹⁻⁵³ bin³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ si²¹⁻⁴¹ bin³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ue³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h sì-bīn hoang, káng gó͘-siak ōe
- Tâi-lô: tsia̍h sì-bīn huang, káng góo-siak uē
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹⁻²² huaŋ³³ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
Proverb
食四面風，講五色話
- (Southern Min) to be flexible and know what to say in different situations and to different people
Synonyms