安分守己

See also: 安份守己

Chinese

	knowing one's place; not going beyond one's bounds; content with one's lot knowing one's place; not going beyond one's bounds; content with one's lot; law-abiding
trad. (安分守己)	安分	守己
simp. ^#(安分守己)	安分	守己
alternative forms	安份守己

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ānfènshǒujǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄢㄈㄣˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ fan⁶ sau² gei²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ôn-fun-sú-kí
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): an-hūn-siú-kí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ānfènshǒujǐ [Phonetic: ānfènshóujǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄢㄈㄣˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: anfènshǒujǐ
  - Wade–Giles: an¹-fên⁴-shou³-chi³
  - Yale: ān-fèn-shǒu-jǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anfennshooujii
  - Palladius: аньфэньшоуцзи (anʹfɛnʹšouczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ fən⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: on¹ fan⁶ sau² gei²
  - Yale: ōn fahn sáu géi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ fan⁶ sau² gei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: on¹ fen⁶ seo² géi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ fɐn²² sɐu̯³⁵ kei̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôn-fun-sú-kí
  - Hakka Romanization System: on´ fun su` gi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: on¹ fun⁴ su³ gi³
  - Sinological IPA: /on²⁴⁻¹¹ fun⁵⁵ su³¹ ki³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-hūn-siú-kí
  - Tâi-lô: an-hūn-siú-kí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: anhuxnsiw'kie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /an⁴⁴⁻²² hun²²⁻²¹ siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /an³³ hun⁴¹⁻²² siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /an⁴⁴⁻²² hun²²⁻²¹ siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ hun³³⁻¹¹ siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ hun³³⁻²¹ siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴¹/

Idiom

安分守己

to abide by the law and do one's duty; to be content with one's lot

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