食果子拜樹頭

食果子拜樹頭

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	fruit; apple	to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute	top of a tree; branches of a tree; root
trad. (食果子拜樹頭)		食	果子	拜	樹頭
simp. (食果子拜树头)		食	果子	拜	树头
Literally: “to pay respect to the roots when one eats the fruit”.

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): chia̍h ké-chí pài chhiū-thâu / chia̍h kér-chí pài chhiū-thâu / chia̍h kóe-chí pài chhiū-thâu

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h ké-chí pài chhiū-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h ké-tsí pài tshiū-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah kefcie paix chiuxtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ke⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁵³ paɪ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h kér-chí pài chhiū-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h kér-tsí pài tshiū-thâu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² kə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴ paɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h kóe-chí pài chhiū-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h kué-tsí pài tshiū-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah koefcie paix chiuxtaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁴¹ paɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕʰiu³³⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁵³ paɪ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ¹³/

Proverb

食果子拜樹頭

1. (Hokkien) remember where one's happiness comes from; do not forget one's roots or heritage

Synonyms

• 食水果拜樹頭／食水果拜树头
• 飲水思源／饮水思源 (yǐnshuǐsīyuán)