身在福中不知福

Chinese

		to be located in	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
trad. (身在福中不知福)		身在	福	中	不知	福
simp. #(身在福中不知福)		身在	福	中	不知	福

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēn zài fú zhōng bùzhī fú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄗㄞˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ zoi⁶ fuk¹ zung¹ bat¹ zi¹ fuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēn zài fú zhōng bùzhī fú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄗㄞˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shen zài fú jhong bùjhih fú
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹ tsai⁴ fu² chung¹ pu⁴-chih¹ fu²
    • Yale: shēn dzài fú jūng bù-jr̄ fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen tzay fwu jong bujy fwu
    • Palladius: шэнь цзай фу чжун бучжи фу (šɛnʹ czaj fu čžun bučži fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ fu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ zoi⁶ fuk¹ zung¹ bat¹ zi¹ fuk¹
    • Yale: sān joih fūk jūng bāt jī fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ dzoi⁶ fuk⁷ dzung¹ bat⁷ dzi¹ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ zoi⁶ fug¹ zung¹ bed¹ ji¹ fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² fʊk̚⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵/

Phrase

身在福中不知福

1. to live in plenty without appreciating it; to be oblivious to the good life that one has (and hence be ungrateful)