兒孫自有兒孫福

See also: 儿孙自有儿孙福

Chinese

	children and grandchildren; descendant; posterity	from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	children and grandchildren; descendant; posterity	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
trad. (兒孫自有兒孫福)	兒孫	自	有	兒孫	福
simp. (儿孙自有儿孙福)	儿孙	自	有	儿孙	福
Literally: “descendants will have their own fortune”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): érsūn zì yǒu érsūn fú

(Zhuyin): ㄦˊ ㄙㄨㄣㄗˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄦˊ ㄙㄨㄣㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ syun¹ zi⁶ jau⁵ ji⁴ syun¹ fuk¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yì-sûn chhṳ yû yì-sûn fuk

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: érsūn zì yǒu érsūn fú
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˊ ㄙㄨㄣㄗˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄦˊ ㄙㄨㄣㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: érsun zìh yǒu érsun fú
  - Wade–Giles: êrh²-sun¹ tzŭ⁴ yu³ êrh²-sun¹ fu²
  - Yale: ér-swūn dz̀ yǒu ér-swūn fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erlsuen tzyh yeou erlsuen fwu
  - Palladius: эрсунь цзы ю эрсунь фу (ersunʹ czy ju ersunʹ fu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵ su̯ən⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ su̯ən⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁴ syun¹ zi⁶ jau⁵ ji⁴ syun¹ fuk¹
  - Yale: yìh syūn jih yáuh yìh syūn fūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ syn¹ dzi⁶ jau⁵ ji⁴ syn¹ fuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ xun¹ ji⁶ yeo⁵ yi⁴ xun¹ fug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ syːn⁵⁵ t͡siː²² jɐu̯¹³ jiː²¹ syːn⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-sûn chhṳ yû yì-sûn fuk
  - Hakka Romanization System: iˇ sun´ cii iu´ iˇ sun´ fug`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi² sun¹ ci⁴ yiu¹ yi² sun¹ fug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /i¹¹ sun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ i̯u²⁴ i¹¹ sun²⁴ fuk̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-sûn chhṳ yû yì-sûn fuk
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iˇ sun´ cii (r)iu´ (r)iˇ sun´ fug`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi² sun¹ ci⁴ yiu¹ yi² sun¹ fug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹ sun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ (j)i̯u²⁴ (j)i¹¹ sun²⁴ fuk̚²/

Proverb

兒孫自有兒孫福

descendants will have their own fortune and happiness so parents should not worry for and toil for them
兒孫自有兒孫福，莫為兒孫做馬牛 [MSC, trad.]
儿孙自有儿孙福，莫为儿孙做马牛 [MSC, simp.]
érsūn zì yǒu érsūn fú, mò wèi érsūn zuò mǎniú [Pinyin]
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