拾金不昧

Chinese

		pick up; ten (fraud-proof)	metal; gold; money	not; no	conceal; dark
simp. and trad. (拾金不昧)		拾	金	不	昧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíjīnbùmèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ gam¹ bat¹ mui⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sib⁸ gim¹ bug⁴ muê⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíjīnbùmèi [Phonetic: shíjīnbúmèi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhjinbùmèi
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chin¹-pu⁴-mei⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-jīn-bù-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrjinbumey
    • Palladius: шицзиньбумэй (šiczinʹbumɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ gam¹ bat¹ mui⁶
    • Yale: sahp gām bāt muih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ gam¹ bat⁷ mui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ gem¹ bed¹ mui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² kɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ muːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sib⁸ gim¹ bug⁴ muê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si̍p kim puk muĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sip̚⁴⁻² kim³³⁻²³ puk̚²⁻⁴ mue³⁵/

Idiom

拾金不昧

1. to not pocket the money or other valuables one picks up; to return lost property to its owner

Synonyms

• 路無拾遺／路无拾遗
• 道不拾遺／道不拾遗 (dàobùshíyí)
• 路不拾遺／路不拾遗 (lùbùshíyí)