不吝

Chinese

		not; no	stingy
simp. and trad. (不吝)		不	吝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùlìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ leon⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùlìn [Phonetic: búlìn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùlìn
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lin⁴
    • Yale: bù-lìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bulinn
    • Palladius: булинь (bulinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ leon⁶
    • Yale: bāt leuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ loen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ lên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ lɵn²²/

Verb

不吝

1. (formal, polite) to not stint; to not grudge; to be generous with

   • 德懋懋官，功懋懋賞。用人惟己，改過不吝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     德懋懋官，功懋懋赏。用人惟己，改过不吝。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 7^th – 4^th centuries BCE

     Dé mào mào guān, gōng mào mào shǎng. Yòngrén wéi jǐ, gǎiguò bùlìn. [Pinyin]

     To great virtue he gave great offices, and to great merit great rewards. He employed others as if [their excellences] were his own; he was not slow to change his errors.

Derived terms

• 不吝指教 (bùlìnzhǐjiào)
• 不吝珠玉
• 不吝賜教／不吝赐教 (bùlìncìjiào)
• 不吝金玉
• 改過不吝／改过不吝