不打不成器
Chinese
| not; no | beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen |
to not grow up to be a talented or useful person | ||
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| trad. (不打不成器) | 不 | 打 | 不成器 | |
| simp. #(不打不成器) | 不 | 打 | 不成器 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): bù dǎ bù chéng qì
- (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bat1 daa2 bat1 sing4 hei3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bù dǎ bù chéng qì
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bù dǎ bù chéng cì
- Wade–Giles: pu4 ta3 pu4 chʻêng2 chʻi4
- Yale: bù dǎ bù chéng chì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu daa bu cherng chih
- Palladius: бу да бу чэн ци (bu da bu čɛn ci)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 daa2 bat1 sing4 hei3
- Yale: bāt dá bāt sìhng hei
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 daa2 bat7 sing4 hei3
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 da2 bed1 xing4 héi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ taː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ hei̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
不打不成器