食水果拜樹頭

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See also: 食水果拜树头

Chinese

eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
 fruit; edible part of an aquatic plant
to pay respect; worship; visit
to pay respect; worship; visit; salute
 
 top of a tree; branches of a tree
trad. (食水果拜樹頭) 食 水果 拜 樹頭
simp. (食水果拜树头) 食 水果 拜 树头
Literally: “to pay respect to the roots when one eats the fruit”.

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h chúi-kó pài chhiū-thâu
      • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h tsuí-kó pài tshiū-thâu
      • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah zuy'koir paix chiuxtaau
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiu³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
      • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
      • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

Proverb

食水果拜樹頭

  1. alternative form of 食果子拜樹頭 / 食果子拜树头 (“to remember where one's happiness comes from; to not forget one's roots or heritage”)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 飲水思源 (“to remember where one's happiness comes from; to not forget one's roots or heritage”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 飲水思源, 飲流懷源, 飲水知源
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 飲水思源
Singapore 飲水思源
Cantonese Hong Kong 飲水思源
Southern Min Xiamen 食果子拜樹頭，食米飯敬鋤頭, 食果子拜樹頭, 食水果拜樹頭
Quanzhou 食果子拜樹頭，食米飯敬鋤頭, 食果子拜樹頭
Zhangzhou 食果子拜樹頭，食米飯敬鋤頭, 食果子拜樹頭
Taipei 食果子拜樹頭，食米飯拜田頭
Tainan 食果子拜樹頭
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