不成文 in Chinese

IPA: /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/ Chinese transliterations: bùchéngwén [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ sing⁴ man⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bùchéngwén [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], bùchéngwún [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pu⁴-chʻêng²-wên² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], bù-chéng-wén [Mandarin, Yale, standard], bucherngwen [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], бучэнвэнь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bučɛnvɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bāt sìhng màhn [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ sing⁴ man⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ xing⁴ men⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 不成文

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "不成文",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "bùchéngwénfǎ",
          "word": "不成文法"
        }
      ],
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              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "unwritten rule",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "bùchéngwén guīdìng",
          "text": "不成文規定",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "unwritten rule",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "bùchéngwén guīdìng",
          "text": "不成文规定",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unwritten; conventional; customary; implied"
      ],
      "id": "en-不成文-zh-adj-mMBHAJFl",
      "links": [
        [
          "unwritten",
          "unwritten"
        ],
        [
          "conventional",
          "conventional"
        ],
        [
          "customary",
          "customary"
        ],
        [
          "implied",
          "implied"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(attributive) unwritten; conventional; customary; implied"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùchéngwén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ sing⁴ man⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùchéngwén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùchéngwún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-chʻêng²-wên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-chéng-wén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bucherngwen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бучэнвэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bučɛnvɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt sìhng màhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ sing⁴ man⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ xing⁴ men⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不成文"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bùchéngwénfǎ",
      "word": "不成文法"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "不成文",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese adjectives",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adjectives",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 成",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 文",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin adjectives",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
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          "english": "unwritten rule",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "bùchéngwén guīdìng",
          "text": "不成文規定",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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          ],
          "english": "unwritten rule",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "bùchéngwén guīdìng",
          "text": "不成文规定",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unwritten; conventional; customary; implied"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unwritten",
          "unwritten"
        ],
        [
          "conventional",
          "conventional"
        ],
        [
          "customary",
          "customary"
        ],
        [
          "implied",
          "implied"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(attributive) unwritten; conventional; customary; implied"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùchéngwén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ sing⁴ man⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùchéngwén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùchéngwún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-chʻêng²-wên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-chéng-wén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bucherngwen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бучэнвэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bučɛnvɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt sìhng màhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ sing⁴ man⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ xing⁴ men⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不成文"
}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "不成文",
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}

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"不成文" meaning in Chinese

Adjective