不羈

Chinese

		not; no	halter; restrain
trad. (不羈)		不	羈
simp. (不羁)		不	羁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùjī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùji
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chi¹
  - Yale: bù-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buji
  - Palladius: буцзи (buczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ gei¹
  - Yale: bāt gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/

Verb

不羈

(literary) to be unruly; to be unrestrained; to be outstanding
- 僕少負不羈之才，長無鄉曲之譽；主上幸以先人之故，使得奏薄伎，出入周衛之中。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  仆少负不羁之才，长无乡曲之誉；主上幸以先人之故，使得奏薄伎，出入周卫之中。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Sima Qian, Letter to Ren An. 1st century BCE. Translated by Burton Watson.
  Pú shào fù bùjī zhī cái, zhǎng wú xiāngqū zhī yù; zhǔshàng xìng yǐ xiānrén zhī gù, shǐ dé zòu bó jì, chūrù zhōuwèi zhī zhōng. [Pinyin]
  When I was young I had a spirit that would not be bridled, and as I grew older I won no praises in my village and district. But because of my father, our ruler graciously allowed me to offer my poor talents and to come and go in the inner parts of the palace.

Synonyms

不拘 (bùjū)

Derived terms

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