我思故我在

我思故我在

Chinese

		I; me	to think; to consider	happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	I; me	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
simp. and trad. (我思故我在)		我	思	故	我	在

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǒ sī gù wǒ zài

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˇ ㄙ ㄍㄨˋ ㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁵ si¹ gu³ ngo⁵ zoi⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): ngó͘ su kò͘ ngó͘ chāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wǒ sī gù wǒ zài
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˇ ㄙ ㄍㄨˋ ㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuo sy guh wuuo tzay
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǒ sih gù wǒ zài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sz̩⁵⁵ ku⁵¹ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁵ si¹ gu³ ngo⁵ zoi⁶
    • Yale: ngóh sī gu ngóh joih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁵ si¹ gu³ ngo⁵ dzoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁵ xi¹ gu³ ngo⁵ zoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː¹³ siː⁵⁵ kuː³³ ŋɔː¹³ t͡sɔːy̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘ su kò͘ ngó͘ chāi
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo su kòo ngóo tsāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngor sw kox ngor zai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡saɪ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su³³ kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡saɪ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡saɪ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡saɪ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡saɪ³³/

Phrase

我思故我在

1. I think therefore I am

Descendants

• → Japanese: 我思う、故に我在り (ware omou, yue ni ware ari) (calque)