安貧樂道

Chinese

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	poor	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (安貧樂道)		安	貧	樂	道
simp. (安贫乐道)		安	贫	乐	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ānpínlèdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ pan⁴ lok⁶ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānpínlèdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: anpínlèdào
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-pʻin²-lê⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: ān-pín-lè-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anpynlehdaw
    • Palladius: аньпиньлэдао (anʹpinʹlɛdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ pʰin³⁵ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ pan⁴ lok⁶ dou⁶
    • Yale: ōn pàhn lohk douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ pan⁴ lok⁹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ pen⁴ log⁶ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ pʰɐn²¹ lɔːk̚² tou̯²²/

Idiom

安貧樂道

1. to be contented with living in poverty and take delight in abiding by moral principles