不知分寸

Chinese

		to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if	fen and cun, two ancient Chinese units of length
simp. and trad. (不知分寸)		不知	分寸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzhīfēncùn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄈㄣㄘㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ fan¹ cyun³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùzhīfēncùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄈㄣㄘㄨㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujyfentsuenn
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ fan¹ cyun³
  - Yale: bāt jī fān chyun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ fan¹ tsyn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ fen¹ qun³
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰyːn³³/

Idiom

不知分寸

to lack tact; to have no sense of propriety

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