非親非故

Chinese

		(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old
trad. (非親非故)		非	親	非	故
simp. (非亲非故)		非	亲	非	故

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēiqīnfēigù

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄑㄧㄣ ㄈㄟ ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ can¹ fei¹ gu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēiqīnfēigù
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄑㄧㄣ ㄈㄟ ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feicinfeigù
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-chʻin¹-fei¹-ku⁴
    • Yale: fēi-chīn-fēi-gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feichinfeiguh
    • Palladius: фэйциньфэйгу (fɛjcinʹfɛjgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ can¹ fei¹ gu³
    • Yale: fēi chān fēi gu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ tsan¹ fei¹ gu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ cen¹ féi¹ gu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵ kuː³³/

Idiom

非親非故

1. (of two people) to be neither relatives nor friends