人咧做，天咧看

Chinese
man; person; people draw back corners of mouth; child's cry to do; to make; to produce day; sky; heaven draw back corners of mouth; child's cry
 
to see; to look at; to look after
to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think
trad. (人咧做，天咧看) 人 咧 做 ， 天 咧 看
simp. #(人咧做，天咧看) 人 咧 做 ， 天 咧 看
alternative forms 儂咧做，天咧看／侬咧做，天咧看

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâng leh chòe, thiⁿ leh khòaⁿ / lâng lí chò, thiⁿ lí khòaⁿ / lâng teh chò, thiⁿ teh khòaⁿ

Proverb

人咧做，天咧看

  1. (Hokkien) the heavens are looking when humans act; be careful of how you act

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 人在做，天在看 (“the heavens are looking when humans act”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 人在做，天在看
Mandarin Taiwan 人在做，天在看
Cantonese Hong Kong 人在做，天在看
Southern Min Xiamen 儂咧做，天咧看
Quanzhou 儂咧做，天咧看
Zhangzhou 儂咧做，天咧看
Tainan 儂咧做，天咧看
Singapore (Hokkien) 儂咧做，天咧看

See also
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