路不拾遺

Chinese

		road; path; way	not; no	pick up; ten (fraud-proof)	to lose; to leave behind
trad. (路不拾遺)		路	不	拾	遺
simp. (路不拾遗)		路	不	拾	遗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lùbùshíyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶ bat¹ sap⁶ wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lùbùshíyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lùbùshíhyí
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴-pu⁴-shih²-i²
    • Yale: lù-bù-shŕ-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhbushyryi
    • Palladius: лубушии (lubušii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁶ bat¹ sap⁶ wai⁴
    • Yale: louh bāt sahp wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ bat⁷ sap⁹ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ bed¹ seb⁶ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²² pɐt̚⁵ sɐp̚² wɐi̯²¹/

Proverb

1. "On the road, no pocketing lost property"

Synonyms

• 路無拾遺／路无拾遗
• 道不拾遺／道不拾遗 (dàobùshíyí)

Further reading

• An English translation of a Chinese anecdote, about the proverb as put into practice