不卑不亢

Chinese

		not; no	low; base; vulgar low; base; vulgar; inferior; humble	not; no	overbearing
simp. and trad. (不卑不亢)		不	卑	不	亢
anagram		不亢不卑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùbēibùkàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄟ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ bei¹ bat¹ kong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùbēibùkàng [Phonetic: bùbēibúkàng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄟ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùbeibùkàng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-pei¹-pu⁴-kʻang⁴
    • Yale: bù-bēi-bù-kàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bubeibukanq
    • Palladius: бубэйбукан (bubɛjbukan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ kʰɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ bei¹ bat¹ kong³
    • Yale: bāt bēi bāt kong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ bei¹ bat⁷ kong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ béi¹ bed¹ kong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ pei̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kʰɔːŋ³³/

Idiom

不卑不亢

1. neither obsequious nor supercilious

Synonyms

• 不亢不卑 (bùkàngbùbēi)