一文不值

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	to be not worth; to be worthless or meaningless
simp. and trad. (一文不值)		一	文	不值

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīwénbùzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīwénbùzhí [Phonetic: yìwénbùzhí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiwúnbùjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-wên²-pu⁴-chih²
    • Yale: yī-wén-bù-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iwenbujyr
    • Palladius: ивэньбучжи (ivɛnʹbučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ wən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/

Idiom

一文不值

1. not worth a penny; utterly worthless