不巧

Chinese

		not; no	opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skilful; timely
simp. and trad. (不巧)		不	巧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùqiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ haau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùqiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùciǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻiao³
    • Yale: bù-chyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bucheau
    • Palladius: буцяо (bucjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ haau²
    • Yale: bāt háau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ haau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ hao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ haːu̯³⁵/

Adjective

不巧

1. at a bad time

Adverb

不巧

1. as luck would have it; unfortunately; too bad

Synonyms

• 不幸 (bùxìng)
• (Cantonese) 弊在
• (Hokkien) 無拄好／无拄好, 𣍐拄好／𫧃拄好, 毋拄好

Derived terms

• 好巧不巧 (hǎoqiǎobùqiǎo)