不三不四

Chinese

		not; no	three	not; no	four
simp. and trad. (不三不四)		不	三	不	四

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùsānbùsì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄢㄅㄨˋ ㄙˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ saam¹ bat¹ sei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùsānbùsì [Phonetic: bùsānbúsì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄢㄅㄨˋ ㄙˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: busanbusyh
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ sa̠n⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ saam¹ bat¹ sei³
  - Yale: bāt sāam bāt sei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ saam¹ bat⁷ sei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ sam¹ bed¹ séi³
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sei̯³³/

Adjective

不三不四

dubious; questionable; shady
neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl

See also

不倫不類／不伦不类 (bùlúnbùlèi)
(Cantonese) 唔三唔四

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