事不關己

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	not; no	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	6th heavenly stem; self
trad. (事不關己)		事	不	關	己
simp. (事不关己)		事	不	关	己

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìbùguānjǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ bat¹ gwaan¹ gei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìbùguānjǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhbùguanjǐ
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-pu⁴-kuan¹-chi³
    • Yale: shr̀-bù-gwān-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhbuguanjii
    • Palladius: шибугуаньцзи (šibuguanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ bat¹ gwaan¹ gei²
    • Yale: sih bāt gwāan géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ bat⁷ gwaan¹ gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ bed¹ guan¹ géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² pɐt̚⁵ kʷaːn⁵⁵ kei̯³⁵/

Idiom

事不關己

1. the matter does not concern oneself

Derived terms

• 事不關己，己不勞心／事不关己，己不劳心 (shìbùguānjǐ, jǐbùláoxīn)
• 事不關己，高高掛起／事不关己，高高挂起 (shìbùguānjǐ, gāogāo guàqǐ)