冰清玉潔

Chinese

		ice	clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	jade	clean
trad. (冰清玉潔)		冰	清	玉	潔
simp. (冰清玉洁)		冰	清	玉	洁
Literally: “pure as ice, flawless as jade”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīngqīngyùjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ cing¹ juk⁶ git³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīngqīngyùjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingcingyùjié
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-chʻing¹-yü⁴-chieh²
    • Yale: bīng-chīng-yù-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingchingyuhjye
    • Palladius: бинцинъюйцзе (bincinʺjujcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ y⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ cing¹ juk⁶ git³
    • Yale: bīng chīng yuhk git
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ tsing¹ juk⁹ git⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ qing¹ yug⁶ gid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ jʊk̚² kiːt̚³/

Idiom

冰清玉潔

1. irreproachable; incorruptible