好事不出門，壞事傳千里

Chinese

		good thing; happy event; joyous occasion	not; no	to go out; outside		bad thing; evil deed; to ruin things bad thing; evil deed; to ruin things; to make things worse	to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography	one thousand li; any great distance; fine horse one thousand li; any great distance; fine horse; fine steed; fast horse
trad. (好事不出門，壞事傳千里)		好事	不	出門	，	壞事	傳	千里
simp. (好事不出门，坏事传千里)		好事	不	出门	，	坏事	传	千里
alternative forms		好事不出門，惡事傳千里／好事不出门，恶事传千里 好事不出門，惡事行千里／好事不出门，恶事行千里 好事毋出門，壞事傳千里／好事毋出门，坏事传千里 Hakka 好事毋出門，歹事傳千里／好事毋出门，歹事传千里 Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoshì bù chūmén, huàishì chuán qiānlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄇㄣˊ , ㄏㄨㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² si⁶ bat¹ ceot¹ mun⁴, waai⁶ si⁶ cyun⁴ cin¹ lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoshì bù chūmén, huàishì chuán qiānlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄇㄣˊ , ㄏㄨㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoshìh bù chumén, huàishìh chuán cianlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-shih⁴ pu⁴ chʻu¹-mên², huai⁴-shih⁴ chʻuan² chʻien¹-li³
    • Yale: hǎu-shr̀ bù chū-mén-, hwài-shr̀ chwán chyān-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoshyh bu chumen, huayshyh chwan chianlii
    • Palladius: хаоши бу чумэнь, хуайши чуань цяньли (xaoši bu čumɛnʹ, xuajši čuanʹ cjanʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ mən³⁵ xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² si⁶ bat¹ ceot¹ mun⁴, waai⁶ si⁶ cyun⁴ cin¹ lei⁵
    • Yale: hóu sih bāt chēut mùhn, waaih sih chyùhn chīn léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² si⁶ bat⁷ tsoet⁷ mun⁴, waai⁶ si⁶ tsyn⁴ tsin¹ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² xi⁶ bed¹ cêd¹ mun⁴, wai⁶ xi⁶ qun⁴ qin¹ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ muːn²¹ waːi̯²² siː²² t͡sʰyːn²¹ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/

Proverb

好事不出門，壞事傳千里

1. good news goes on crutches, but bad news travels fast

Descendants

• → Japanese: 好事門を出でず、悪事千里を行く (calque)