兒孫自有兒孫福

兒孫自有兒孫福

See also: 儿孙自有儿孙福

Chinese

		children and grandchildren; descendant; posterity	from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	children and grandchildren; descendant; posterity	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev); surname
trad. (兒孫自有兒孫福)		兒孫	自	有	兒孫	福
simp. (儿孙自有儿孙福)		儿孙	自	有	儿孙	福

Etymology

Literally: descendants will have their own fortune.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): érsūn zì yǒu érsūn fú

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄙㄨㄣ ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄦˊ ㄙㄨㄣ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ syun¹ zi⁶ jau⁵ ji⁴ syun¹ fuk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yì-sûn chhṳ yû yì-sûn fuk

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: érsūn zì yǒu érsūn fú
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄙㄨㄣ ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄦˊ ㄙㄨㄣ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlsuen tzyh yeou erlsuen fwu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: érsun zìh yǒu érsun fú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ swən⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ swən⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ syun¹ zi⁶ jau⁵ ji⁴ syun¹ fuk¹
    • Yale: yìh syūn jih yáuh yìh syūn fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ syn¹ dzi⁶ jau⁵ ji⁴ syn¹ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ xun¹ ji⁶ yeo⁵ yi⁴ xun¹ fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ ʃyːn⁵⁵ t͡siː²² jɐu̯¹³ jiː²¹ ʃyːn⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-sûn chhṳ yû yì-sûn fuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: iˇ sun´ cii iu´ iˇ sun´ fug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi<sup>2</sup> sun<sup>1</sup> ci<sup>4</sup> yiu<sup>1</sup> yi<sup>2</sup> sun<sup>1</sup> fug<sup>5</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i¹¹ sun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ i̯u²⁴ i¹¹ sun²⁴ fuk̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-sûn chhṳ yû yì-sûn fuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iˇ sun´ cii (r)iu´ (r)iˇ sun´ fug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi² sun¹ ci⁴ yiu¹ yi² sun¹ fug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹ sun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ (j)i̯u²⁴ (j)i¹¹ sun²⁴ fuk̚²/

Proverb

兒孫自有兒孫福

1. Children have a destiny that is not necessarily shared by their parents.