不辨菽麥

Chinese

		not; no	distinguish; recognize		wheat; barley; oats
trad. (不辨菽麥)		不	辨	菽	麥
simp. (不辨菽麦)		不	辨	菽	麦
Literally: “to be unable to tell beans from wheat”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùbiànshūmài, bùbiànshúmài

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨ ㄇㄞˋ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˊ ㄇㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ bin⁶ suk⁶ mak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùbiànshūmài [Phonetic: búbiànshūmài]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨ ㄇㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùbiànshumài
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-pien⁴-shu¹-mai⁴
    • Yale: bù-byàn-shū-mài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bubiannshumay
    • Palladius: бубяньшумай (bubjanʹšumaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùbiànshúmài [Phonetic: búbiànshúmài]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˊ ㄇㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùbiànshúmài
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-pien⁴-shu²-mai⁴
    • Yale: bù-byàn-shú-mài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bubiannshwumay
    • Palladius: бубяньшумай (bubjanʹšumaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂu³⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ bin⁶ suk⁶ mak⁶
    • Yale: bāt bihn suhk mahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ bin⁶ suk⁹ mak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ bin⁶ sug⁶ meg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ piːn²² sʊk̚² mɐk̚²/

Idiom

不辨菽麥

1. to have no knowledge of practical matters; to be ignorant of practical matters