君子動口不動手

Chinese

		junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person; noble person; superior person	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	not; no	to get started; to set about a task; to get to work to get started; to set about a task; to get to work; to touch; to handle
trad. (君子動口不動手)		君子	動	口	不	動手
simp. (君子动口不动手)		君子	动	口	不	动手

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūnzǐ dòngkǒu bùdòngshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan¹ zi² dung⁶ hau² bat¹ dung⁶ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūnzǐ dòngkǒu bùdòngshǒu [Phonetic: jūnzǐ dòngkǒu búdòngshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyunzǐh dòngkǒu bùdòngshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chün¹-tzŭ³ tung⁴-kʻou³ pu⁴-tung⁴-shou³
    • Yale: jyūn-dž dùng-kǒu bù-dùng-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuntzyy donqkoou budonqshoou
    • Palladius: цзюньцзы дункоу будуншоу (czjunʹczy dunkou budunšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwan¹ zi² dung⁶ hau² bat¹ dung⁶ sau²
    • Yale: gwān jí duhng háu bāt duhng sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwan¹ dzi² dung⁶ hau² bat⁷ dung⁶ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guen¹ ji² dung⁶ heo² bed¹ dung⁶ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ tʊŋ²² hɐu̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tʊŋ²² sɐu̯³⁵/

Proverb

君子動口不動手

1. a gentleman settles a dispute through communication instead of a fight; a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist

Synonyms

• 君子動口，小人動手／君子动口，小人动手
• (Cantonese) 精人出口，笨人出手