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

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

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

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