塵歸塵，土歸土

Chinese

		dust; dirt; earth	to go back; to return	dust; dirt; earth		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	to go back; to return	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (塵歸塵，土歸土)		塵	歸	塵	，	土	歸	土
simp. (尘归尘，土归土)		尘	归	尘	，	土	归	土

Etymology

Calque of English Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chénguīchén, tǔguītǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟㄔㄣˊ, ㄊㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): can⁴ gwai¹ can⁴, tou² gwai¹ tou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chénguīchén, tǔguītǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟㄔㄣˊ, ㄊㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟㄊㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngueichern, tuugueituu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéngueichén, tǔgueitǔ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ kweɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kweɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: can⁴ gwai¹ can⁴, tou² gwai¹ tou²
  - Yale: chàhn gwāi chàhn, tóu gwāi tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsan⁴ gwai¹ tsan⁴, tou² gwai¹ tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cen⁴ guei¹ cen⁴, tou² guei¹ tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐn²¹ tʰou̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/

Proverb

塵歸塵，土歸土

ashes to ashes, dust to dust

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