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找不著北
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See also:
找不着北
Contents
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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Idiom
1.2.1
Synonyms
Chinese
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to try to find; to look for; to call on (sb)
to try to find; to look for; to call on (sb); to find; to seek; to return
to
need
not; to not
need
north
trad.
(
找不著北
)
找
不著
北
simp.
(
找不着北
)
找
不着
北
Literally:
“can't find north”.
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
zhǎobùzháoběi
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄓㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄅㄟˇ
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
zhǎobùzháoběi
→ zhǎo
bu
zháoběi
(toneless variant)
Zhuyin
:
ㄓㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄅㄟˇ → ㄓㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄠˊ ㄅㄟˇ
(toneless variant)
Tongyong Pinyin
:
jhǎobůjháoběi
Wade–Giles
:
chao
3
-pu
5
-chao
2
-pei
3
Yale
:
jǎu-bu-jáu-běi
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
jaobujaurbeei
Palladius
:
чжаобучжаобэй
(čžaobučžaobɛj)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Idiom
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找不著北
(
colloquial
)
to be
lost
and
confused
; to be
unable
to
find
one's
direction
Synonyms
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找不到北