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
simp. and trad. (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)⁺
  - Pinyin: bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu daa bu cherng chih
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ täː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ hei̯³³/

Proverb

不打不成器

spare the rod and spoil the child

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