不知進退

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	to advance and retreat; sense of propriety
trad. (不知進退)		不知	進退
simp. (不知进退)		不知	进退

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzhījìntuì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ zeon³ teoi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùzhījìntuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujyjinntuey
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ zeon³ teoi³
  - Yale: bāt jī jeun teui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ dzoen³ toey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ zên³ têu³
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡ʃɵn³³ tʰɵy̯³³/

Idiom

不知進退

to have no sense of propriety; to not know where to stop

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