不臧

Chinese

		not; no	surname; good; lucky
simp. and trad. (不臧)		不	臧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùzang
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tsang¹
    • Yale: bù-dzāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butzang
    • Palladius: буцзан (buczan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡sɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zong¹
    • Yale: bāt jōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

不臧

1. not good

   • 不忮不求，何用不臧。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bù zhì bù qiú, hé yòng bùzāng. [Pinyin]

     He hates none; he covets nothing; - What does he do which is not good?

Derived terms

• 人謀不臧／人谋不臧