不羈
Chinese
| not; no | halter; restrain | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (不羈) | 不 | 羈 | |
| simp. (不羁) | 不 | 羁 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bùjī
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùji
- Wade–Giles: pu4-chi1
- Yale: bù-jī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buji
- Palladius: буцзи (buczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 gei1
- Yale: bāt gēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 gei1
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 géi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
不羈
- (literary) to be unruly; to be unrestrained; to be outstanding
- 僕少負不羈之才，長無鄉曲之譽；主上幸以先人之故，使得奏薄伎，出入周衛之中。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Sima Qian, Letter to Ren An. 1st century BCE. Translated by Burton Watson.
- Pú shào fù bùjī zhī cái, zhǎng wú xiāngqū zhī yù; zhǔshàng xìng yǐ xiānrén zhī gù, shǐ dé zòu bó jì, chūrù zhōuwèi zhī zhōng. [Pinyin]
- When I was young I had a spirit that would not be bridled, and as I grew older I won no praises in my village and district. But because of my father, our ruler graciously allowed me to offer my poor talents and to come and go in the inner parts of the palace.
仆少负不羁之才，长无乡曲之誉；主上幸以先人之故，使得奏薄伎，出入周卫之中。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
- 不拘 (bùjū)