不明不白

Chinese

		not; no	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	not; no	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (不明不白)		不	明	不	白
Built on 明白 (míngbai).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùmíngbùbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ming⁴ bat¹ baak⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-bêng-put-pe̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùmíngbùbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùmíngbùbái
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-ming²-pu⁴-pai²
    • Yale: bù-míng-bù-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bumingbubair
    • Palladius: буминбубай (buminbubaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ming⁴ bat¹ baak⁶
    • Yale: bāt mìhng bāt baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ming⁴ bat⁷ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ming⁴ bed¹ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ paːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-bêng-put-pe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: put-bîng-put-pe̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putbengputpeh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ peʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ peʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/

Idiom

不明不白

1. unclear; vague; ambiguous
2. without a clear reason; for no reason; unjustly
3. shady; of an unclear source