不知進退

Chinese

		to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if	to advance and retreat; sense of propriety
trad. (不知進退)		不知	進退
simp. (不知进退)		不知	进退

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhījìntuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ zeon³ teoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhījìntuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihjìntuèi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹-chin⁴-tʻui⁴
    • Yale: bù-jr̄-jìn-twèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujyjinntuey
    • Palladius: бучжицзиньтуй (bučžiczinʹtuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ zeon³ teoi³
    • Yale: bāt jī jeun teui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ dzoen³ toey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ zên³ têu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sɵn³³ tʰɵy̯³³/

Idiom

不知進退

1. to have no sense of propriety; to not know where to stop