狗彘不若

Chinese

		dog	swine	not like; not equal to; not as good as not like; not equal to; not as good as; cannot compare to
trad. (狗彘不若)		狗	彘	不若
simp. #(狗彘不若)		狗	彘	不若
Literally: “worse than dogs and pigs”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒuzhìbùruò

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄓˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² zi⁶ bat¹ joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒuzhìbùruò [Phonetic: gǒuzhìbúruò]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄓˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒujhìhbùruò
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-chih⁴-pu⁴-jo⁴
    • Yale: gǒu-jr̀-bù-rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gooujyhburuoh
    • Palladius: гоучжибужо (goučžibužo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² zi⁶ bat¹ joek⁶
    • Yale: gáu jih bāt yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² dzi⁶ bat⁷ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² ji⁶ bed¹ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ t͡siː²² pɐt̚⁵ jœːk̚²/

Idiom

狗彘不若

1. (derogatory, literary) base; contemptible; vile

Synonyms

• 豬狗不如／猪狗不如 (zhūgǒubùrú)