人算不如天算

Chinese

		man; person; people	regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	day; sky; heaven	regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute
trad. (人算不如天算)		人	算	不如	天	算
simp. #(人算不如天算)		人	算	不如	天	算
alternative forms		天算不由人算

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rén suàn bùrú tiān suàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄙㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ syun³ bat¹ jyu⁴ tin¹ syun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rén suàn bùrú tiān suàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rén suàn bùrú tian suàn
    • Wade–Giles: jên² suan⁴ pu⁴-ju² tʻien¹ suan⁴
    • Yale: rén swàn bù-rú tyān swàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren suann buru tian suann
    • Palladius: жэнь суань бужу тянь суань (žɛnʹ suanʹ bužu tjanʹ suanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ su̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ su̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ syun³ bat¹ jyu⁴ tin¹ syun³
    • Yale: yàhn syun bāt yùh tīn syun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ syn³ bat⁷ jy⁴ tin¹ syn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ xun³ bed¹ yu⁴ tin¹ xun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ syːn³³ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ syːn³³/

Proverb

人算不如天算

1. the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry; no matter how much one plans things out, life always intervenes; man proposes but God disposes; God's plans supersede our own