入鄉隨俗，入港隨灣

Chinese
to enter country; village
 
to follow; to comply with; to allow
to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname
 vulgar to enter harbour; Hong Kong (abbrev.)
 
to follow; to comply with; to allow
to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname
 bay; gulf
trad. (入鄉隨俗，入港隨灣) 入 鄉 隨 俗 ， 入 港 隨 灣
simp. (入乡随俗，入港随湾) 入 乡 随 俗 ， 入 港 随 湾
Literally: “when entering a village, follow the customs, when entering a port, follow the bends”.

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): li̍p-hiuⁿ-sûi-sio̍k,li̍p-káng-sûi-oan / ji̍p-hioⁿ-sûi-sio̍k,ji̍p-káng-sûi-oan
  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p-hiuⁿ-sûi-sio̍k,li̍p-káng-sûi-oan
      • Tâi-lô: li̍p-hiunn-suî-sio̍k,li̍p-káng-suî-uan
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /lip̚²⁴⁻² hiũ³³ sui²⁴⁻²² ɕiɔk̚²⁴ lip̚²⁴⁻² kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sui²⁴⁻²² uan³³/
      • IPA (Xiamen): /lip̚⁴⁻³² hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² sui²⁴⁻²² ɕiɔk̚⁴ lip̚⁴⁻³² kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sui²⁴⁻²² uan⁴⁴/
    • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍p-hioⁿ-sûi-sio̍k,ji̍p-káng-sûi-oan
      • Tâi-lô: ji̍p-hionn-suî-sio̍k,ji̍p-káng-suî-uan
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² sui¹³⁻²² ɕiɔk̚¹²¹ d͡ʑip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sui¹³⁻²² uan⁴⁴/

Idiom

入鄉隨俗，入港隨灣

  1. (Hokkien) when in Rome, do as the Romans do

Synonyms
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