各得其所

Chinese

		each; every	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	actually; place; (nominalisation prefix)
simp. and trad. (各得其所)		各	得	其	所

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gèdéqísuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gok³ dak¹ kei⁴ so²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gèdéqísuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gehderchyisuuo
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gèdécísuǒ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ swɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gok³ dak¹ kei⁴ so²
  - Yale: gok dāk kèih só
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gok⁸ dak⁷ kei⁴ so²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gog³ deg¹ kéi⁴ so²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːk̚³ tɐk̚⁵ kʰei̯²¹ sɔː³⁵/

Idiom

各得其所

everyone gets what he or she needs
everyone or everything receives a suitable arrangement; each in his proper place

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