六不答對

Chinese

		six	not; no	reply; answer; return reply; answer; return; respond; echo; to answer; agree	couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right
trad. (六不答對)		六	不	答	對
simp. (六不答对)		六	不	答	对

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liùbùdáduì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liùbùdáduì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liòubùdáduèi
    • Wade–Giles: liu⁴-pu⁴-ta²-tui⁴
    • Yale: lyòu-bù-dá-dwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liowbudarduey
    • Palladius: любудадуй (ljubudaduj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tä³⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Idiom

六不答對

1. (Yangzhou Mandarin) the answer is irrelevant to the question; a square peg cannot fit into a round hole

   這小伙說話六不答對，不曉得說的甚們子。 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   这小伙说话六不答对，不晓得说的甚们子。 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Zhè xiǎohuǒ shuōhuà liùbùdáduì, bù xiǎodé shuō de shènmenzi. [Pinyin]

   This lad's words are nonsense. I don't know what he is talking about.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 驢脣不對馬嘴 (“to be irrelevant or incongruous”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		驢脣不對馬嘴, 驢頭不對馬嘴, 牛頭不對馬嘴
Mandarin	Luoyang	驢脣不對馬嘴
	Yangzhou	六不答對
Cantonese	Hong Kong	牛頭唔搭馬嘴
Hakka	Meixian	話三唔話兩