食水果拜樹頭

食水果拜樹頭

See also: 食水果拜树头

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	fruit	to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute	top of a tree; branches of a tree; root
trad. (食水果拜樹頭)		食	水果	拜	樹頭
simp. (食水果拜树头)		食	水果	拜	树头

Etymology

Literally "pray to the tree when you eat the fruit".

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): chia̍h chúi-kó pài chhiū-thâu

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h chúi-kó pài chhiū-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h tsuí-kó pài tshiū-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah zuy'koir paix chiuxtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ paɪ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ko⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ paɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ paɪ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu²²⁻²¹ tʰaʊ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³⁻⁴⁴ paɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu³³⁻¹¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ paɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕʰiu³³⁻²¹ tʰaʊ²³/

Proverb

食水果拜樹頭

1. to remember where one's happiness comes from; to not forget one's roots or heritage

Synonyms

• 飲水思源／饮水思源 (yǐnshuǐsīyuán)