紙包不住火

See also: 纸包不住火

Chinese

		paper	to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)	incessantly; without end; nonstop	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (紙包不住火)		紙	包	不住	火
simp. (纸包不住火)		纸	包	不住	火
alternative forms		紙裡包不住火／纸里包不住火
Literally: “fire cannot be wrapped up in paper”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐ bāo bùzhù huǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄅㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² baau¹ bat¹ zyu⁶ fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐ bāo bùzhù huǒ [Phonetic: zhǐ bāo búzhù huǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄅㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh bao bùjhù huǒ
    • Wade–Giles: chih³ pao¹ pu⁴-chu⁴ huo³
    • Yale: jř bāu bù-jù hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy bau bujuh huoo
    • Palladius: чжи бао бучжу хо (čži bao bučžu xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² baau¹ bat¹ zyu⁶ fo²
    • Yale: jí bāau bāt jyuh fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² baau¹ bat⁷ dzy⁶ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² bao¹ bed¹ ju⁶ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ paːu̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡syː²² fɔː³⁵/

Proverb

紙包不住火

1. (figurative) there is no concealing the truth; the truth will come out; murder will out

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 紙包唔住火／纸包唔住火, 雞春咁密都菢得出崽／鸡春咁密都菢得出崽