不屑一顧

See also: 不屑一顾

Chinese

		to disdain to do something; to think something as not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to look back; to glance
trad. (不屑一顧)		不屑	一	顧
simp. (不屑一顾)		不屑	一	顾
Literally: “to not be worth a glance”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùxièyīgù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄧ ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sit³ jat¹ gu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùxièyīgù [Phonetic: búxièyígù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄧ ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsièyigù
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsieh⁴-i¹-ku⁴
    • Yale: bù-syè-yī-gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushiehiguh
    • Palladius: бусеигу (buseigu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sit³ jat¹ gu³
    • Yale: bāt sit yāt gu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sit⁸ jat⁷ gu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xid³ yed¹ gu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ siːt̚³ jɐt̚⁵ kuː³³/

Idiom

不屑一顧

1. infra dig; beneath contempt; displeasing to look at; sneering
2. to scorn; to sniff at; to dismiss (work or a suggestion)