物以類聚

See also: 物以类聚

Chinese

		thing; object; matter	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	kind; type; class kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble	form gathering; gather
trad. (物以類聚)		物	以	類	聚
simp. (物以类聚)		物	以	类	聚
Literally: “things will be gathered together according to category”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wùyǐlèijù

(Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ ji⁵ leoi⁶ zeoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wùyǐlèijù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄐㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wùyǐlèijyù
  - Wade–Giles: wu⁴-i³-lei⁴-chü⁴
  - Yale: wù-yǐ-lèi-jyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhyiileyjiuh
  - Palladius: уилэйцзюй (uilɛjczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ leɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mat⁶ ji⁵ leoi⁶ zeoi⁶
  - Yale: maht yíh leuih jeuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ ji⁵ loey⁶ dzoey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ yi⁵ lêu⁶ zêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² jiː¹³ lɵy̯²² t͡ʃɵy̯²²/

Proverb

物以類聚

Birds of a feather flock together.

Derived terms

物以類聚，人以群分／物以类聚，人以群分 (wùyǐlèijù, rén yǐ qún fēn)

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