參差不齊

Chinese

		irregular; uneven; jagged irregular; uneven; jagged; approximately; about; or so; or thereabouts	not; no	even; neat; identical even; neat; identical; ready; to make even; simultaneously; place name
trad. (參差不齊)		參差	不	齊
simp. (参差不齐)		参差	不	齐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cēncībùqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄣ ㄘ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam¹ ci¹ bat¹ cai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cēncībùqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄣ ㄘ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cencihbùcí
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻên¹-tzʻŭ¹-pu⁴-chʻi²
    • Yale: tsēn-tsz̄-bù-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsentsybuchyi
    • Palladius: цэньцыбуци (cɛnʹcybuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰən⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam¹ ci¹ bat¹ cai⁴
    • Yale: chāam chī bāt chàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam¹ tsi¹ bat⁷ tsai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam¹ qi¹ bed¹ cei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯²¹/

Idiom

參差不齊

1. (literally or figuratively) uneven; not uniform