人咧做，天咧看

人咧做，天咧看

Chinese

		man; person; people	draw back corners of mouth; child's cry	to do; to make; to produce		day; sky; heaven	draw back corners of mouth; child's cry	to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think
simp. and trad. (人咧做，天咧看)		人	咧	做	，	天	咧	看

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): lâng leh chòe, thiⁿ leh khòaⁿ / lâng lí chò, thiⁿ lí khòaⁿ / lâng teh chò, thiⁿ teh khòaⁿ

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng leh chòe, thiⁿ leh khòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lâng leh tsuè, thinn leh khuànn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ²⁴ le(ʔ)⁵ t͡sue⁴¹ tʰĩ³³ le(ʔ)⁵ kʰuã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ²⁴ le(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sue²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ le(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰuã²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng lí chò, thiⁿ lí khòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lâng lí tsò, thinn lí khuànn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡so²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuã²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng teh chò, thiⁿ teh khòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lâng teh tsò, thinn teh khuànn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³ te(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sɤ²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ te(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kʰuã²¹/

Proverb

人咧做，天咧看

1. (Hokkien) the heavens are looking when humans act; be careful of how you act

Synonyms

• 人在做，天在看 (rén zài zuò, tiān zài kàn)

See also

• 攑頭三尺有神明／𫽥头三尺有神明