金盆洗手

Chinese

		copper basin used for washing; sun or round moon	to wash one's hands; to go to the toilet
simp. and trad. (金盆洗手)		金盆	洗手
Literally: “to wash one's hands in a gold(-coloured) basin”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnpénxǐshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄆㄣˊ ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ pun⁴ sai² sau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīnpénxǐshǒu [Phonetic: jīnpénxíshǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄆㄣˊ ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinpernshiishoou
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pʰən³⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ pun⁴ sai² sau²
  - Yale: gām pùhn sái sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ pun⁴ sai² sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ pun⁴ sei² seo²
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ pʰuːn²¹ sɐi̯³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

金盆洗手

(figuratively) to abandon one's life as an outlaw (after having made a fortune)
(by extension) to abandon one's decade-long career; to give up on something one does as a routine

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