報喜不報憂

Chinese

		to announce good news; to report success	not; no	to report unpleasant or disappointing news
trad. (報喜不報憂)		報喜	不	報憂
simp. (报喜不报忧)		报喜	不	报忧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàoxǐ bù bàoyōu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˋ ㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou³ hei² bat¹ bou³ jau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàoxǐ bù bàoyōu [Phonetic: bàoxǐ bú bàoyōu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄠˋ ㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàosǐ bù bàoyou
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴-hsi³ pu⁴ pao⁴-yu¹
  - Yale: bàu-syǐ bù bàu-yōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawshii bu bawiou
  - Palladius: баоси бу баою (baosi bu baoju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou³ hei² bat¹ bou³ jau¹
  - Yale: bou héi bāt bou yāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou³ hei² bat⁷ bou³ jau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou³ héi² bed¹ bou³ yeo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³³ hei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ pou̯³³ jɐu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

報喜不報憂

to report the good news but not the bad news; to report only what is good while withholding what is unpleasant

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