浪子回頭金不換

See also: 浪子回头金不换

Chinese

		loafer; wastrel; wave	to turn around	cannot be exchanged with gold; invaluable; precious cannot be exchanged with gold; invaluable; precious; a kind of inkbrush
trad. (浪子回頭金不換)		浪子	回頭	金不換
simp. (浪子回头金不换)		浪子	回头	金不换

Etymology

Literally: I would not exchange a wayward child who reforms himself for all the money in the world.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làngzǐ huítóu jīn bù huàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˋ ㄗˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁶ zi² wui⁴ tau⁴ gam¹ bat¹ wun⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lōng-chú hôe-thiô kim put hoān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làngzǐ huítóu jīn bù huàn [Phonetic: làngzǐ huítóu jīn bú huàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˋ ㄗˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làngzǐh huéitóu jin bù huàn
    • Wade–Giles: lang⁴-tzŭ³ hui²-tʻou² chin¹ pu⁴ huan⁴
    • Yale: làng-dž hwéi-tóu jīn bù hwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanqtzyy hweitour jin bu huann
    • Palladius: ланцзы хуэйтоу цзинь бу хуань (lanczy xuejtou czinʹ bu xuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: long⁶ zi² wui⁴ tau⁴ gam¹ bat¹ wun⁶
    • Yale: lohng jí wùih tàuh gām bāt wuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: long⁶ dzi² wui⁴ tau⁴ gam¹ bat⁷ wun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: long⁶ ji² wui⁴ teo⁴ gem¹ bed¹ wun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²² t͡siː³⁵ wuːi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ kɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ wuːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōng-chú hôe-thiô kim put hoān
    • Tâi-lô: lōng-tsú huê-thiô kim put huān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loxngzuo hoe'tiooi kym pud hoan
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³ hue²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰio²⁴ kim⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ huan³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹ hue²³⁻³³ tʰiɤ²³ kim⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ huan³³/

Proverb

1. It is rare when someone who has gone astray turns over a new leaf, so we should accept that person with open arms when the person does reform.