人不可貌相

Chinese

		man; person; people	cannot; should not; must not	to judge a person by their appearance; appearance; looks
simp. and trad. (人不可貌相)		人	不可	貌相
alternative forms		人勿可貌相 Wu

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rén bùkě màoxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄇㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ bat¹ ho² maau⁶ soeng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rén bùkě màoxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄇㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rén bùkě màosiàng
    • Wade–Giles: jên² pu⁴-kʻo³ mao⁴-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: rén bù-kě màu-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren bukee mawshianq
    • Palladius: жэнь букэ маосян (žɛnʹ bukɛ maosjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ bat¹ ho² maau⁶ soeng³
    • Yale: yàhn bāt hó maauh seung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ bat⁷ ho² maau⁶ soeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ bed¹ ho² mao⁶ sêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ maːu̯²² sœːŋ³³/

Proverb

人不可貌相

1. one cannot judge someone by his or her appearance; you can’t judge a book by its cover

Derived terms

• 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量