不足為憑

Chinese

		insufficient; inadequate; lacking insufficient; inadequate; lacking; inadequacy; deficiency; dearth; shortage; want; lack; not enough	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	lean against; proof; to rely on lean against; proof; to rely on; to depend on; to be based on
trad. (不足為憑)		不足	為	憑
simp. (不足为凭)		不足	为	凭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzúwéipíng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zuk¹ wai⁴ pang⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùzúwéipíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butzwuweipyng
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùzúwéipíng
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zuk¹ wai⁴ pang⁴
  - Yale: bāt jūk wàih pàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzuk⁷ wai⁴ pang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zug¹ wei⁴ peng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ pʰɐŋ²¹/

Idiom

不足為憑

to afford little or no evidence; to have flimsy evidence; cannot be taken as evidence

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