食果子拜樹頭

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	fruit; apple	to pay respect; worship; visit to pay respect; worship; visit; salute	top of a tree; branches of a tree
trad. (食果子拜樹頭)		食	果子	拜	樹頭
simp. (食果子拜树头)		食	果子	拜	树头
Literally: “to pay respect to the roots when one eats the fruit”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h ké-chí pài chhiū-thâu / chia̍h kér-chí pài chhiū-thâu / chia̍h kóe-chí pài chhiū-thâu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h ké-chí pài chhiū-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h ké-tsí pài tshiū-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah kefcie paix chiuxtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ke⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³ pai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h kér-chí pài chhiū-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h kér-tsí pài tshiū-thâu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴ pai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h kóe-chí pài chhiū-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h kué-tsí pài tshiū-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah koefcie paix chiuxtaau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴¹ pai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiu³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³ pai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

Proverb

食果子拜樹頭

1. (Hokkien) remember where one's happiness comes from; do not forget one's roots or heritage

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		飲水思源, 飲流懷源, 飲水知源
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	飲水思源
	Singapore	飲水思源
Cantonese	Hong Kong	飲水思源
Southern Min	Xiamen	食果子拜樹頭，食米飯敬鋤頭, 食果子拜樹頭, 食水果拜樹頭
	Quanzhou	食果子拜樹頭，食米飯敬鋤頭, 食果子拜樹頭
	Zhangzhou	食果子拜樹頭，食米飯敬鋤頭, 食果子拜樹頭
	Taipei	食果子拜樹頭，食米飯拜田頭
	Tainan	食果子拜樹頭

Dialectal synonyms of 飲水思源 (“to remember where one's happiness comes from; to not forget one's roots or heritage”) [map]