不吝

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùlìn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ leon⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùlìn
  - 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

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

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