人在做，天在看

Chinese

		man; person; people	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	to do; to make; to produce		day; sky; heaven	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	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
simp. and trad. (人在做，天在看)		人	在	做	，	天	在	看

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rén zài zuò, tiān zài kàn

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ, ㄊㄧㄢㄗㄞˋ ㄎㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ zoi⁶ zou⁶, tin¹ zoi⁶ hon³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rén zài zuò, tiān zài kàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ, ㄊㄧㄢㄗㄞˋ ㄎㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren tzay tzuoh, tian tzay kann
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rén zài zuò, tian zài kàn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡swɔ⁵¹ tʰjɛn⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ zoi⁶ zou⁶, tin¹ zoi⁶ hon³
  - Yale: yàhn joih jouh, tīn joih hon
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ dzoi⁶ dzou⁶, tin¹ dzoi⁶ hon³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ zoi⁶ zou⁶, tin¹ zoi⁶ hon³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ t͡sɔːy̯²² t͡sou̯²² tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːy̯²² hɔːn³³/

Proverb

人在做，天在看

the heavens are looking when humans act; be careful of how you act

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 人咧做，天咧看

See also

舉頭三尺有神明／举头三尺有神明 (jǔtóu sān chǐ yǒu shénmíng)

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