眼不見為淨

Chinese

		eye	not; no	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	clean; completely; only
trad. (眼不見為淨/眼不見爲淨)		眼	不	見	為/爲	淨
simp. (眼不见为净)		眼	不	见	为	净
alternative forms		眼勿見為淨／眼勿见为净 Wu
Literally: “(if the) eye does not see (it, it) is clean”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnbùjiànwéijìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ bat¹ gin³ wai⁴ zing⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnbùjiànwéijìng [Phonetic: yǎnbújiànwéijìng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnbùjiànwéijìng
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-pu⁴-chien⁴-wei²-ching⁴
    • Yale: yǎn-bù-jyàn-wéi-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanbujiannweijinq
    • Palladius: яньбуцзяньвэйцзин (janʹbuczjanʹvɛjczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ bat¹ gin³ wai⁴ zing⁶
    • Yale: ngáahn bāt gin wàih jihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ bat⁷ gin³ wai⁴ dzing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ bed¹ gin³ wei⁴ jing⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ pɐt̚⁵ kiːn³³ wɐi̯²¹ t͡sɪŋ²²/

Idiom

眼不見為淨

1. to turn a blind eye to something; out of sight, out of mind

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 冇眼屎乾淨盲 / 冇眼屎干净盲 (mou⁵ ngaan⁵ si² gon¹ zeng⁶ maang⁴)