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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lùbùshíyí
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhbushyyi
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lùbùshíhyí
  - IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁶ bat¹ sap⁶ wai⁴
  - Yale: louh bāt sahp wàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ bat⁷ sap⁹ wai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ bed¹ seb⁶ wei⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯²² pɐt̚⁵ sɐp̚² wɐi̯²¹/

Proverb

路不拾遺

"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

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