不三不四 in Chinese

IPA: /pu⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sei̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pu⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/, /pɐt̚⁵ saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sei̯³³/ Chinese transliterations: bùsānbùsì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄢㄅㄨˋ ㄙˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ saam¹ bat¹ sei³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bùsānbùsì [Phonetic:bùsānbúsì] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùsanbùsìh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pu⁴-san¹-pu⁴-ssŭ⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bù-sān-bù-sz̀ [Mandarin, Yale], busanbusyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], бусаньбусы [Mandarin, Palladius], busanʹbusy [Mandarin, Palladius], bāt sāam bāt sei [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ saam¹ bat⁷ sei³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ sam¹ bed¹ séi³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 不三不四

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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùlúnbùlèi",
      "word": "不倫不類"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùlúnbùlèi",
      "word": "不伦不类"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sìbùxiàng",
      "word": "四不像"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fēilǘfēimǎ",
      "word": "非驢非馬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fēilǘfēimǎ",
      "word": "非驴非马"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "唔三唔四"
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        "dubious; questionable; shady"
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      "id": "en-不三不四-zh-adj-NBqvq2l-",
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          "dubious",
          "dubious"
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        [
          "questionable",
          "questionable"
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        [
          "shady",
          "shady"
        ]
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl"
      ],
      "id": "en-不三不四-zh-adj-CuSVe9et",
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          "neither fish nor fowl",
          "neither fish nor fowl"
        ]
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
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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": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùsānbùsì [Phonetic:bùsānbúsì]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùsanbùsìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-san¹-pu⁴-ssŭ⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-sān-bù-sz̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "busanbusyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бусаньбусы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "busanʹbusy"
    },
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      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt sāam bāt sei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ saam¹ bat⁷ sei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ sam¹ bed¹ séi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sei̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: bùsānbúsì]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sei̯³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不三不四"
}

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      "roman": "bùlúnbùlèi",
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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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        "Cantonese",
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      "word": "唔三唔四"
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          "questionable",
          "questionable"
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          "shady",
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      "glosses": [
        "neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl"
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          "neither fish nor fowl",
          "neither fish nor fowl"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "bùsānbùsì"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ saam¹ bat¹ sei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùsānbùsì [Phonetic:bùsānbúsì]"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùsanbùsìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-san¹-pu⁴-ssŭ⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-sān-bù-sz̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "busanbusyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бусаньбусы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "busanʹbusy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt sāam bāt sei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ saam¹ bat⁷ sei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ sam¹ bed¹ séi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sei̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: bùsānbúsì]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sei̯³³/"
    }
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  "word": "不三不四"
}

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"不三不四" meaning in Chinese

Adjective