夜不閉戶

Chinese

		night	not; no	to close; stop up; shut to close; stop up; shut; obstruct	a household; door; family
trad. (夜不閉戶)		夜	不	閉	戶
simp. (夜不闭户)		夜	不	闭	户
alternative forms		夜不閉户

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèbùbìhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ bat¹ bai³ wu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèbùbìhù [Phonetic: yèbúbìhù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèbùbìhù
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-pu⁴-pi⁴-hu⁴
    • Yale: yè-bù-bì-hù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehbubihhuh
    • Palladius: ебубиху (jebubixu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁶ bat¹ bai³ wu⁶
    • Yale: yeh bāt bai wuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ bat⁷ bai³ wu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ bed¹ bei³ wu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² pɐt̚⁵ pɐi̯³³ wuː²²/

Idiom

夜不閉戶

1. doors are left open at night (because of good public order)