See 不三不四 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ saam¹ bat¹ sei³"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "put-sam-put-sù"
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùsānbùsì [Phonetic: bùsānbúsì"
},
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"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùsanbùsìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pu⁴-san¹-pu⁴-ssŭ⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bù-sān-bù-sz̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "busanbusyh"
},
{
"roman": "busanʹbusy",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "бусаньбусы"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/",
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
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"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
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"zh_pron": "bat¹ saam¹ bat¹ sei³"
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bāt sāam bāt sei"
},
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"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
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},
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bed¹ sam¹ bed¹ séi³"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sei̯³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "put-sam-put-sù"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "put-sam-put-sù"
},
{
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"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "putsamputsux"
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ sam⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ su²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ su²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ su¹¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
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"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
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}
],
"word": "不三不四"
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"Chinese terms spelled with 四",
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"word": "不倫不類"
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"roman": "bùlúnbùlèi",
"word": "不伦不类"
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{
"roman": "sìbùxiàng",
"word": "四不像"
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{
"roman": "fēilǘfēimǎ",
"word": "非驢非馬"
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"roman": "fēilǘfēimǎ",
"word": "非驴非马"
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"Teochew"
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"word": "唔三唔四"
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"word": "不褡不膝"
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{
"word": "阿里不答"
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{
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"Hokkien"
],
"word": "不三似兩"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "不三似两"
},
{
"word": "毋成三兩"
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{
"word": "毋成三两"
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{
"word": "不八不七"
},
{
"word": "不答不七"
},
{
"word": "阿里不達"
},
{
"word": "不顛不戒"
},
{
"word": "不颠不戒"
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"text": "不三不四的人",
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2,
6
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"roman": "shuō xiē bùsānbùsì de huà",
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"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "說些不三不四的話",
"translation": "to make remarks that are neither this nor that",
"type": "example"
},
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9,
18
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2,
6
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"roman": "shuō xiē bùsānbùsì de huà",
"tags": [
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"Simplified-Chinese"
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"text": "说些不三不四的话",
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"glosses": [
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"neither",
"neither"
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"this",
"this"
],
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"that",
"that"
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"zh_pron": "bùsānbùsì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ saam¹ bat¹ sei³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "put-sam-put-sù"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùsānbùsì [Phonetic: bùsānbúsì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùsanbùsìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pu⁴-san¹-pu⁴-ssŭ⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bù-sān-bù-sz̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "busanbusyh"
},
{
"roman": "busanʹbusy",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "бусаньбусы"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ saam¹ bat¹ sei³"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bāt sāam bāt sei"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bat⁷ saam¹ bat⁷ sei³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bed¹ sam¹ bed¹ séi³"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sei̯³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"General Taiwanese"
],
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "put-sam-put-sù"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "put-sam-put-sù"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "putsamputsux"
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ sam⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ su²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ su²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ su¹¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
}
],
"word": "不三不四"
}
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