人必自重而後人重之

人必自重而後人重之

Chinese

		man; person; people	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to conduct oneself with dignity; to be self-possessed; to be dignified	after that; then	man; person; people	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer	's; him/her/it; this
trad. (人必自重而後人重之)		人	必	自重	而後	人	重	之
simp. (人必自重而后人重之)		人	必	自重	而后	人	重	之

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rén bì zìzhòng érhòu rén zhòng zhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄗˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄦˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ bit¹ zi⁶ zung⁶ ji⁴ hau⁴ jan⁴ zung⁶ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rén bì zìzhòng érhòu rén zhòng zhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄗˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄦˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄓ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren bih tzyhjonq erlhow ren jonq jy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rén bì zìhjhòng érhòu rén jhòng jhih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ bit¹ zi⁶ zung⁶ ji⁴ hau⁴ jan⁴ zung⁶ zi¹
    • Yale: yàhn bīt jih juhng yìh hàuh yàhn juhng jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ bit⁷ dzi⁶ dzung⁶ ji⁴ hau⁴ jan⁴ dzung⁶ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ bid¹ ji⁶ zung⁶ yi⁴ heo⁴ yen⁴ zung⁶ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ piːt̚⁵ t͡siː²² t͡sʊŋ²² jiː²¹ hɐu̯²¹ jɐn²¹ t͡sʊŋ²² t͡siː⁵⁵/

Proverb

人必自重而後人重之

1. A person must first respect himself and conduct himself appropriately before others respect him.

See also

• 人必自侮而後人侮之／人必自侮而后人侮之 (rén bì zìwǔ érhòu rén wǔ zhī)