事不關己，己不勞心

Chinese

		the matter does not concern oneself		6th heavenly stem; self	not; no	to labor with one's mind; to use one's brain to work
trad. (事不關己，己不勞心)		事不關己	，	己	不	勞心
simp. (事不关己，己不劳心)		事不关己	，	己	不	劳心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìbùguānjǐ, jǐbùláoxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢㄐㄧˇ , ㄐㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ bat¹ gwaan¹ gei², gei² bat¹ lou⁴ sam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìbùguānjǐ, jǐbùláoxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢㄐㄧˇ , ㄐㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhbùguanjǐ, jǐbùláosin
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-pu⁴-kuan¹-chi³, chi³-pu⁴-lao²-hsin¹
  - Yale: shr̀-bù-gwān-jǐ-, jǐ-bù-láu-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhbuguanjii, jiibulaushin
  - Palladius: шибугуаньцзи, цзибулаосинь (šibuguanʹczi, czibulaosinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ bat¹ gwaan¹ gei², gei² bat¹ lou⁴ sam¹
  - Yale: sih bāt gwāan géi, géi bāt lòuh sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ bat⁷ gwaan¹ gei², gei² bat⁷ lou⁴ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ bed¹ guan¹ géi², géi² bed¹ lou⁴ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² pɐt̚⁵ kʷaːn⁵⁵ kei̯³⁵ kei̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lou̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

事不關己，己不勞心

if the matter does not concern oneself, one should not worry about it; never mind others' business

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