"不明不白" meaning in Chinese

See 不明不白 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ paːk̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ peʔ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ peʔ¹²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ paːk̚²/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/, /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ peʔ²⁴/, /put̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ peʔ¹²¹/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/ Chinese transliterations: bùmíngbùbái [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄞˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ ming⁴ bat¹ baak⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], put-bêng-put-pe̍h, bùmíngbùbái [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùmíngbùbái [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pu⁴-ming²-pu⁴-pai² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bù-míng-bù-bái [Mandarin, Yale], bumingbubair [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], буминбубай [Mandarin, Palladius], buminbubaj [Mandarin, Palladius], bāt mìhng bāt baahk [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ ming⁴ bat⁷ baak⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ ming⁴ bed¹ bag⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], put-bêng-put-pe̍h [Hokkien, POJ], put-bîng-put-pe̍h [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putbengputpeh [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 不明不白
  1. unclear; vague; ambiguous Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-不明不白-zh-phrase-vs-~noav
  2. without a clear reason; for no reason; unjustly Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-不明不白-zh-phrase-U3Hb-3Au Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 12 61 27
  3. shady; of an unclear source Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-不明不白-zh-phrase-A9unN3eq

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          "reason"
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          "unjustly",
          "unjustly"
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      "zh-pron": "bùmíngbùbái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ ming⁴ bat¹ baak⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-bêng-put-pe̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùmíngbùbái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùmíngbùbái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-ming²-pu⁴-pai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-míng-bù-bái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bumingbubair"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буминбубай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buminbubaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt mìhng bāt baahk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ ming⁴ bat⁷ baak⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ ming⁴ bed¹ bag⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ paːk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-bêng-put-pe̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-bîng-put-pe̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putbengputpeh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ peʔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ peʔ¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ paːk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ peʔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ peʔ¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不明不白"
}
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "bùmíngbùbái"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ ming⁴ bat¹ baak⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-bêng-put-pe̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùmíngbùbái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùmíngbùbái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-ming²-pu⁴-pai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-míng-bù-bái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bumingbubair"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буминбубай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buminbubaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt mìhng bāt baahk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ ming⁴ bat⁷ baak⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ ming⁴ bed¹ bag⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ paːk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-bêng-put-pe̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-bîng-put-pe̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putbengputpeh"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ peʔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ peʔ¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ paːk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ peʔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ peʔ¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不明不白"
}

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