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): bùbiànshūmài, bùbiànshúmài
- (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨ ㄇㄞˋ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˊ ㄇㄞˋ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bat1 bin6 suk6 mak6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bùbiànshūmài [Phonetic: búbiànshūmài]
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨ ㄇㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùbiànshumài
- Wade–Giles: pu4-pien4-shu1-mai4
- Yale: bù-byàn-shū-mài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bubiannshumay
- Palladius: бубяньшумай (bubjanʹšumaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bùbiànshúmài [Phonetic: búbiànshúmài]
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˊ ㄇㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùbiànshúmài
- Wade–Giles: pu4-pien4-shu2-mai4
- Yale: bù-byàn-shú-mài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bubiannshwumay
- Palladius: бубяньшумай (bubjanʹšumaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂu³⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 bin6 suk6 mak6
- Yale: bāt bihn suhk mahk
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 bin6 suk9 mak9
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 bin6 sug6 meg6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ piːn²² sʊk̚² mɐk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
不辨菽麥