公說公有理，婆說婆有理

Chinese
 
just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
 
just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
to be reasonable; to be well-founded; to be rational
to be reasonable; to be well-founded; to be rational; reasonable; well-founded; rational
 grandmother; matron; mother-in-law to speak; to say; persuade (politically) grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
 
to be reasonable; to be well-founded; to be rational
to be reasonable; to be well-founded; to be rational; reasonable; well-founded; rational
trad. (公說公有理，婆說婆有理/公説公有理，婆説婆有理) 公 說/説 公 有理 ， 婆 說/説 婆 有理
simp. (公说公有理，婆说婆有理) 公 说 公 有理 ， 婆 说 婆 有理
Literally: “The grandfather/husband says that he has his reason, the grandmother/wife says that she has her reason too”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gōng shuō gōng yǒulǐ, pó shuō pó yǒulǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ , ㄆㄛˊ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄆㄛˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): gung1 syut3 gung1 jau5 lei5, po4 syut3 po4 jau5 lei5
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: gōng shuō gōng yǒulǐ, pó shuō pó yǒulǐ [Phonetic: gōngshuōgōngyóulǐ,póshuōpóyóulǐ]
      • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ , ㄆㄛˊ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄆㄛˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: gong shuo gong yǒulǐ, pó shuo pó yǒulǐ
      • Wade–Giles: kung1 shuo1 kung1 yu3-li3, pʻo2 shuo1 pʻo2 yu3-li3
      • Yale: gūng shwō gūng yǒu-lǐ-, pwó shwō pwó yǒu-lǐ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong shuo gong yeoulii, por shuo por yeoulii
      • Palladius: гун шо гун юли, по шо по юли (gun šo gun juli, po šo po juli)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
      • Jyutping: gung1 syut3 gung1 jau5 lei5, po4 syut3 po4 jau5 lei5
      • Yale: gūng syut gūng yáuh léih, pòh syut pòh yáuh léih
      • Cantonese Pinyin: gung1 syt8 gung1 jau5 lei5, po4 syt8 po4 jau5 lei5
      • Guangdong Romanization: gung1 xud3 gung1 yeo5 léi5, po4 xud3 po4 yeo5 léi5
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ syːt̚³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ lei̯¹³ pʰɔː²¹ syːt̚³ pʰɔː²¹ jɐu̯¹³ lei̯¹³/

Idiom

公說公有理，婆說婆有理

  1. (in an argument) the situation where both parties claim to be right and cannot reach a concensus

Synonyms
  • (Min Nan) 公有公情理，婆有婆情理 (Kong ū kong chêng-lí, pô ū pô chêng-lí), 人有人情理，賊有賊情理／人有人情理，贼有贼情理 (Lâng ū lâng chêng-lí, chha̍t ū chha̍t chêng-lí)
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