不成材

Chinese

		not; no	to grow into useful timber; to grow to full size
simp. and trad. (不成材)		不	成材

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùchéngcái

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sing⁴ coi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùchéngcái
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùchéngcái
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻêng²-tsʻai²
    • Yale: bù-chéng-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bucherngtsair
    • Palladius: бучэнцай (bučɛncaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sing⁴ coi⁴
    • Yale: bāt sìhng chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sing⁴ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xing⁴ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/

Adjective

不成材

1. worthless; ne'er-do-well; good-for-nothing