夫妻本是同林鳥

See also: 夫妻本是同林鸟

Chinese

		husband and wife; married couple	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	be; yes; this	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	woods; forest	bird
trad. (夫妻本是同林鳥)		夫妻	本	是	同	林	鳥
simp. (夫妻本是同林鸟)		夫妻	本	是	同	林	鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fūqī běn shì tóng lín niǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ ㄑㄧ ㄅㄣˇ ㄕˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ cai¹ bun² si⁶ tung⁴ lam⁴ niu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fūqī běn shì tóng lín niǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ ㄑㄧ ㄅㄣˇ ㄕˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fuci běn shìh tóng lín niǎo
    • Wade–Giles: fu¹-chʻi¹ pên³ shih⁴ tʻung² lin² niao³
    • Yale: fū-chī běn shr̀ túng lín nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuchi been shyh torng lin neau
    • Palladius: фуци бэнь ши тун линь няо (fuci bɛnʹ ši tun linʹ njao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ lin³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ cai¹ bun² si⁶ tung⁴ lam⁴ niu⁵
    • Yale: fū chāi bún sih tùhng làhm níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ tsai¹ bun² si⁶ tung⁴ lam⁴ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ cei¹ bun² xi⁶ tung⁴ lem⁴ niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ puːn³⁵ siː²² tʰʊŋ²¹ lɐm²¹ niːu̯¹³/

Proverb

夫妻本是同林鳥

1. Even though a husband and wife were originally birds from the same forest (...when adversity strikes, they fly in separate directions).