執迷不悟

Chinese

		to be obsessive; to stubbornly persist with something	not; no	comprehend
trad. (執迷不悟)		執迷	不	悟
simp. (执迷不悟)		执迷	不	悟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhímíbùwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄇㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zap¹ mai⁴ bat¹ ng⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chip-bê-put-ngō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhímíbùwù [Phonetic: zhímíbúwù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄇㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhmíbùwù
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-mi²-pu⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: jŕ-mí-bù-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrmibuwuh
    • Palladius: чжимибуу (čžimibuu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ mi³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zap¹ mai⁴ bat¹ ng⁶
    • Yale: jāp màih bāt ngh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzap⁷ mai⁴ bat⁷ ng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeb¹ mei⁴ bed¹ ng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐp̚⁵ mɐi̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ ŋ̍²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chip-bê-put-ngō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsip-bê-put-ngōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cipbe'putngo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sip̚³²⁻⁴ be²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ ŋɔ̃²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sip̚⁵⁻²⁴ be²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sip̚³²⁻⁵ be¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ ŋɔ̃²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sip̚³²⁻⁴ be²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ ŋɔ̃³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sip̚³²⁻⁴ be²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ ŋɔ̃³³/

Idiom

執迷不悟

1. to wilfully persist in going about things the wrong way; to refuse to realise one's error