不置可否

Chinese

		not; no	to install; to place; to put	can or cannot; affirmative or negative comment
simp. and trad. (不置可否)		不	置	可否
Literally: “to not say ok or not ok”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhìkěfǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄈㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi³ ho² fau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhìkěfǒu [Phonetic: búzhìkéfǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄈㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhìhkěfǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih⁴-kʻo³-fou³
    • Yale: bù-jr̀-kě-fǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujyhkeefoou
    • Palladius: бучжикэфоу (bučžikɛfou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ foʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi³ ho² fau²
    • Yale: bāt ji hó fáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi³ ho² fau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji³ ho² feo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³³ hɔː³⁵ fɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

不置可否

1. to not express an opinion; to decline to comment; to be noncommittal