不臧

Chinese

		not; no	surname; good; lucky
simp. and trad. (不臧)		不	臧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzāng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùzāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùzang
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tsang¹
  - Yale: bù-dzāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butzang
  - Palladius: буцзан (buczan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡sɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zong¹
  - Yale: bāt jōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

不臧

not good
- 不忮不求，何用不臧。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Bù zhì bù qiú, hé yòng bùzāng. [Pinyin]
  He hates none; he covets nothing; - What does he do which is not good?

Derived terms

人謀不臧 / 人谋不臧