不知妻美

Chinese

		not; no	to know; to be aware	wife; to marry off (a daughter)	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (不知妻美)		不	知	妻	美
simp. #(不知妻美)		不	知	妻	美

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhīqīměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄑㄧ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ cai¹ mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhīqīměi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄑㄧ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihciměi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹-chʻi¹-mei³
    • Yale: bù-jr̄-chī-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujychimeei
    • Palladius: бучжицимэй (bučžicimɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ cai¹ mei⁵
    • Yale: bāt jī chāi méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ tsai¹ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ cei¹ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/

Idiom

不知妻美

1. (neologism) to not realise the beauty of one's wife (usually said of Liu Qiangdong)