一樣米飼百樣人

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	manner; pattern; way manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape	rice; metre	to raise; to rear; to feed	hundred	manner; pattern; way manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape	man; person; people
trad. (一樣米飼百樣人)		一	樣	米	飼	百	樣	人
simp. (一样米饲百样人)		一	样	米	饲	百	样	人
alternative forms		一樣米飼百樣儂／一样米饲百样侬

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t iūⁿ bí chhī pah iūⁿ lâng / chi̍t iōⁿ bí chhī peeh iōⁿ lâng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t iūⁿ bí chhī pah iūⁿ lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t iūnn bí tshī pah iūnn lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cit viu bie chi paq viu laang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² iũ²²⁻²¹ bi⁵³ t͡sʰi²²⁻²¹ pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ iũ²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² iũ⁴¹⁻²² bi⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻²² pa(ʔ)⁵ iũ⁴¹⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² iũ³³⁻²¹ bi⁴¹ t͡sʰi³³⁻²¹ pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ iũ³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² iũ³³⁻¹¹ bi⁵³ t͡sʰi³³⁻¹¹ pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ iũ³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t iōⁿ bí chhī peeh iōⁿ lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t iōnn bí tshī peeh iōnn lâng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ iɔ̃²²⁻²¹ bi⁵³ t͡sʰi²²⁻²¹ pɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ iɔ̃²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/

Proverb

一樣米飼百樣人

1. (Southern Min) Everybody thinks and acts a little differently.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 一樣米養百樣人 (“Everybody thinks and acts a little differently.”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		一樣米養百樣人
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	一樣米養百樣人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	一樣米養百樣人
	Hong Kong	一樣米養百樣人
Hakka	Meixian	一樣飯供百樣人
	Xingning	一樣米養百樣人
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	一樣米食出百樣人
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	一樣飯供百樣人
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	一樣飯供百樣人, 一樣米養百樣人
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	一樣飯供百樣人
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	一樣飯畜百樣人
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	一樣飯供百樣人
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	一樣米供百樣人
Southern Min	Xiamen	一樣米飼百樣儂, 一樣米飼百樣儂，一樣雞啄百樣蟲, 一款米飼百樣儂, 一樣米粟飼百樣儂, 一樣米食百號儂
	Quanzhou	一樣米飼百樣儂
	Zhangzhou	一樣米飼百樣儂, 一樣米食百樣儂

References

• “一樣米飼百樣人”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.