我思故我在

Chinese

		I; me	to think; to consider	happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	I; me	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
simp. and trad. (我思故我在)		我	思	故	我	在

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǒ sī gù wǒ zài

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˇ ㄙㄍㄨˋ ㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁵ si¹ gu³ ngo⁵ zoi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): ngó͘ su kò͘ ngó͘ chāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǒ sī gù wǒ zài
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˇ ㄙㄍㄨˋ ㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuo sy guh wuuo tzay
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǒ sih gù wǒ zài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sz̩⁵⁵ ku⁵¹ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngo⁵ si¹ gu³ ngo⁵ zoi⁶
  - Yale: ngóh sī gu ngóh joih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁵ si¹ gu³ ngo⁵ dzoi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁵ xi¹ gu³ ngo⁵ zoi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː¹³ siː⁵⁵ kuː³³ ŋɔː¹³ t͡sɔːy̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘ su kò͘ ngó͘ chāi
  - Tâi-lô: ngóo su kòo ngóo tsāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngor sw kox ngor zai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡saɪ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su³³ kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡saɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡saɪ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡saɪ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡saɪ³³/

Phrase

我思故我在

I think therefore I am

Descendants

→ Japanese: 我思う、故に我在り (ware omou, yue ni ware ari) (calque)

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