不辨菽麥

Chinese

		not; no	distinguish; recognize		wheat; barley; oats
trad. (不辨菽麥)		不	辨	菽	麥
simp. (不辨菽麦)		不	辨	菽	麦
Literally: “to be unable to tell beans from wheat”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùbiàn shūmài

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄇㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ bin⁶ suk⁶ mak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùbiàn shūmài [Phonetic: búbiàn shūmài]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄇㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bubiann shumay
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ bin⁶ suk⁶ mak⁶
  - Yale: bāt bihn suhk mahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ bin⁶ suk⁹ mak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ bin⁶ sug⁶ meg⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ piːn²² sʊk̚² mɐk̚²/

Idiom

不辨菽麥

to have no knowledge of practical matters; to be ignorant of practical matters

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