不痛不癢

Chinese

		not; no	ache; pain; sorrow	not; no	itch
trad. (不痛不癢)		不	痛	不	癢
simp. (不痛不痒)		不	痛	不	痒
Literally: “doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùtòngbùyǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ tung³ bat¹ joeng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùtòngbùyǎng [Phonetic: bútòngbùyǎng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄤˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butonqbuyeang
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ i̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ tung³ bat¹ joeng⁵
  - Yale: bāt tung bāt yéuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ tung³ bat⁷ joeng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ tung³ bed¹ yêng⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ³³ pɐt̚⁵ jœ̽ːŋ¹³/

Idiom

不痛不癢

not getting to the substance of the matter; perfunctory; superficial
hesitant and equivocal in attitude (when dealing with a matter)

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