不成

Chinese

		not; no	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
simp. and trad. (不成)		不	成

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùchéng
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻêng²
  - Yale: bù-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bucherng
  - Palladius: бучэн (bučɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    不成
    布城
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ sing⁴
  - Yale: bāt sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Verb

不成

(literary) to not form; to not constitute

Adjective

不成

(literary) unsuccessful
(colloquial) inadequate; unacceptable

Particle

不成

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
- 18th century, Cao Xueqin, chapter 74, in Dream of the Red Chamber:
  
  那王善保家的討了個沒意思，在窗外只說：「罷了罷了。這也是頭一遭挨打。我明兒回了太太，仍回老娘家去罷。這個老命還要他做什麼。」探春喝命丫鬟道：「你們聽著他說話還等我合他對嘴去不成？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  那王善保家的讨了个没意思，在窗外只说：「罢了罢了。这也是头一遭挨打。我明儿回了太太，仍回老娘家去罢。这个老命还要他做什么。」探春喝命丫鬟道：「你们听着他说话还等我合他对嘴去不成？」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  Nà Wáng Shànbǎo jiā de tǎo le ge méi yìsi, zài chuāng wài zhǐ shuō: “Bà le bà le. Zhè yě shì tóu yī zāo ái dǎ. Wǒ míngr huí le tàitai, réng huí lǎoniáng jiā qu ba. Zhè ge lǎo mìng hái yào tā zuò shénme.” Tànchūn hèmìng yāhuan dào: “Nǐmen tīng zhe tā shuō huà hái děng wǒ hé tā duì zuǐ qu bùchéng?” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2001, Chiung Yao, 情深深雨濛濛, episode 41 (49 episodes version), 王琳 (actor):
  
  對。我是有一個姓魏的表親。那又怎麼樣？難道我王家不能有親戚了不成？ [MSC, trad.]
  对。我是有一个姓魏的表亲。那又怎么样？难道我王家不能有亲戚了不成？ [MSC, simp.]
  Duì. Wǒ shì yǒu yī ge xìng Wèi de biǎoqīn. Nà yòu zěnmeyàng? Nándào wǒ Wáng jiā bù néng yǒu qīnqi le bùchéng? [Pinyin]
  Right. I do have a biaoqin relative surnamed Wei. So what? Can't my Wang family have relatives?

Derived terms

不成比例 (bùchéngbǐlì)
不成體統／不成体统 (bùchéngtǐtǒng)
畫虎不成反類犬／画虎不成反类犬 (huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi quǎn)
難不成／难不成