如影隨形

Chinese

		as (if); such as	picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow	to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname	to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape
trad. (如影隨形)		如	影	隨	形
simp. (如影随形)		如	影	随	形
Literally: “as the shadow follows the substance”.

Etymology

From a line in Liezi.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rúyǐngsuíxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄥˇ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ jing² ceoi⁴ jing⁴
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): jî-éng-sûi-hêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rúyǐngsuíxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄥˇ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rúyǐngsuéisíng
  - Wade–Giles: ju²-ying³-sui²-hsing²
  - Yale: rú-yǐng-swéi-syíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruyiingsweishyng
  - Palladius: жуинсуйсин (žuinsujsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ jing² ceoi⁴ jing⁴
  - Yale: yùh yíng chèuih yìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ jing² tsoey⁴ jing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ ying² cêu⁴ ying⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jɪŋ³⁵ t͡ʃʰɵy̯²¹ jɪŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-éng-sûi-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: jî-íng-suî-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ji'efngsui'heeng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi¹³⁻²² iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sui¹³⁻²² hiɪŋ¹³/

Idiom

如影隨形

closely associated with each other; inseparable

See also

Thai: เงาตามตัว

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