"不善" meaning in Chinese

See 不善 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ siːn²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɛn⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁵ siɛn²²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/, /pɐt̚⁵ siːn²²/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn²²/, /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɛn⁴¹/, /put̚³²⁻⁵ siɛn²²/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/ Chinese transliterations: bùshàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ sin⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], put-siān, bùshàn [Phonetic:búshàn] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùshàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pu⁴-shan⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bù-shàn [Mandarin, Yale], bushann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], бушань [Mandarin, Palladius], bušanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], bāt sihn [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ sin⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ xin⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], put-siān [Hokkien, POJ], put-siān [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putsien [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 不善
  1. not good; poor; insufficient
    Sense id: en-不善-zh-adj-s0ZisRDI
  2. (regional) extraordinary; impressive Tags: regional
    Sense id: en-不善-zh-adj-G056~-v8 Categories (other): Regional Chinese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 不好, 不妙 (bùmiào), 不怎麼樣 (bùzěnmeyàng), 不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng), 不濟 (bùjì), 不济 (bùjì), 不腆 (bùtiǎn) (english: self-deprecatory) [Classical-Chinese], 了丁 [Min-Nan], 低下 (dīxià), 低劣 (dīliè), 低路 [Min-Nan], [in-compounds, literary], 垃圾 (lājī) [colloquial], [Cantonese], (chà), 差勁 (chàjìn) [colloquial], 差劲 (chàjìn) [colloquial], 差氣 [Hokkien], 差气 [Hokkien], 拙劣 (zhuōliè), 推扳 (1the-pe) (Shanghainese), 梢跤 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 梢跤軟蹄 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 梢跤软蹄 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 梢蹬 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 欠佳 (qiànjiā), 水皮 (seoi2 pei4) [Cantonese], (cháo) (english: of quality or technique) [colloquial], 無良 (wúliáng) [formal], 无良 (wúliáng) [formal], (pò) [colloquial], 跤梢 [Hokkien, Xiamen], 蹩腳 (biéjiǎo), 蹩脚 (biéjiǎo), 鄙劣 (bǐliè) [literary]

Verb

IPA: /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ siːn²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɛn⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁵ siɛn²²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/, /pɐt̚⁵ siːn²²/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn²²/, /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɛn⁴¹/, /put̚³²⁻⁵ siɛn²²/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/ Chinese transliterations: bùshàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ sin⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], put-siān, bùshàn [Phonetic:búshàn] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùshàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pu⁴-shan⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bù-shàn [Mandarin, Yale], bushann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], бушань [Mandarin, Palladius], bušanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], bāt sihn [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ sin⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ xin⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], put-siān [Hokkien, POJ], put-siān [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putsien [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 不善
  1. to not be good at something Synonyms: 不擅長/不擅长 (bù shàncháng), 不善於/不善于 (bù shànyú), 不擅長 (bù shàncháng), 不擅长 (bù shàncháng), 不善於 (bù shànyú), 不善于 (bù shànyú)
    Sense id: en-不善-zh-verb-oUC3iR6S Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 21 25 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 15 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 10 83
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      "expansion": "不善",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "not good; poor; insufficient"
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        ]
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        "(regional) extraordinary; impressive"
      ],
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        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-siān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàn [Phonetic:búshàn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-shan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-shàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bushann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бушань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bušanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt sihn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ xin⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-siān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-siān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putsien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɛn⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ siɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búshàn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siːn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɛn⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ siɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "不好"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùmiào",
      "word": "不妙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùzěnmeyàng",
      "word": "不怎麼樣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùzěnmeyàng",
      "word": "不怎么样"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùjì",
      "word": "不濟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùjì",
      "word": "不济"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "self-deprecatory",
      "roman": "bùtiǎn",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "不腆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "了丁"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dīxià",
      "word": "低下"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dīliè",
      "word": "低劣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "低路"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "劣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lājī",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "垃圾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "屎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chà",
      "word": "差"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chàjìn",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "差勁"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chàjìn",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "差劲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "差氣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "差气"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhuōliè",
      "word": "拙劣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Shanghainese",
      "word": "推扳 (1the-pe)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "梢跤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "梢跤軟蹄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "梢跤软蹄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "梢蹬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiànjiā",
      "word": "欠佳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "seoi2 pei4",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "水皮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "of quality or technique",
      "roman": "cháo",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "潮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wúliáng",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "無良"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wúliáng",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "无良"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pò",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "破"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "跤梢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "biéjiǎo",
      "word": "蹩腳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "biéjiǎo",
      "word": "蹩脚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bǐliè",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "鄙劣"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不善"
}

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  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "不善",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "7 10 83",
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        "to not be good at something"
      ],
      "id": "en-不善-zh-verb-oUC3iR6S",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "bù shàncháng",
          "word": "不擅長/不擅长"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bù shànyú",
          "word": "不善於/不善于"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bù shàncháng",
          "word": "不擅長"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bù shàncháng",
          "word": "不擅长"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bù shànyú",
          "word": "不善於"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bù shànyú",
          "word": "不善于"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-siān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàn [Phonetic:búshàn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-shan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-shàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bushann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бушань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bušanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt sihn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ xin⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-siān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-siān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putsien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɛn⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ siɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búshàn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siːn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɛn⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ siɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不善"
}
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        "(regional) extraordinary; impressive"
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        "regional"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-siān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàn [Phonetic:búshàn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-shan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-shàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bushann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бушань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bušanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt sihn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ xin⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-siān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-siān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putsien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɛn⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ siɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búshàn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siːn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɛn⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ siɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "不好"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùmiào",
      "word": "不妙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùzěnmeyàng",
      "word": "不怎麼樣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùzěnmeyàng",
      "word": "不怎么样"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùjì",
      "word": "不濟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùjì",
      "word": "不济"
    },
    {
      "english": "self-deprecatory",
      "roman": "bùtiǎn",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "不腆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "了丁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dīxià",
      "word": "低下"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dīliè",
      "word": "低劣"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "低路"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "劣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lājī",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "垃圾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "屎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chà",
      "word": "差"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chàjìn",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "差勁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chàjìn",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "差劲"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "差氣"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "差气"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuōliè",
      "word": "拙劣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Shanghainese",
      "word": "推扳 (1the-pe)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "梢跤"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "梢跤軟蹄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "梢跤软蹄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "梢蹬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiànjiā",
      "word": "欠佳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "seoi2 pei4",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "水皮"
    },
    {
      "english": "of quality or technique",
      "roman": "cháo",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "潮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wúliáng",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "無良"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wúliáng",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "无良"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pò",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "破"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "跤梢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biéjiǎo",
      "word": "蹩腳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biéjiǎo",
      "word": "蹩脚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǐliè",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "鄙劣"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不善"
}

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      "zh-pron": "bùshàn"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄢˋ"
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      "zh-pron": "put-siān"
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        "Mandarin"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùshàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-shan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-shàn"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bushann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бушань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bušanʹ"
    },
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      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt sihn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ sin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ xin⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-siān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-siān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putsien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɛn⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ siɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búshàn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ siːn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɛn⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ siɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bù shàncháng",
      "word": "不擅長/不擅长"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bù shànyú",
      "word": "不善於/不善于"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bù shàncháng",
      "word": "不擅長"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bù shàncháng",
      "word": "不擅长"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bù shànyú",
      "word": "不善於"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bù shànyú",
      "word": "不善于"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不善"
}

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