不痛不癢

Chinese

		not; no	ache; pain; sorrow	not; no	itch
trad. (不痛不癢)		不	痛	不	癢
simp. (不痛不痒)		不	痛	不	痒
Literally: “doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùtòngbùyǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ tung³ bat¹ joeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùtòngbùyǎng [Phonetic: bútòngbùyǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùtòngbùyǎng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tʻung⁴-pu⁴-yang³
    • Yale: bù-tùng-bù-yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butonqbuyeang
    • Palladius: бутунбуян (butunbujan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ tung³ bat¹ joeng⁵
    • Yale: bāt tung bāt yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ tung³ bat⁷ joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ tung³ bed¹ yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ³³ pɐt̚⁵ jœːŋ¹³/

Idiom

不痛不癢

1. not getting to the substance of the matter; perfunctory; superficial
2. hesitant and equivocal in attitude (when dealing with a matter)

Synonyms

• (not getting into the substance of the matter): 不疼不癢／不疼不痒 (bùténgbùyǎng)
• (hesitant and equivocal in attitude): 不疼不癢／不疼不痒 (bùténgbùyǎng)