不中用

Chinese

		not; no	to be useful; to be of use; to serve a purpose
simp. and trad. (不中用)		不	中用

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhōngyòng, bùzhòngyòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄥˋ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄩㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhōngyòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhongyòng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chung¹-yung⁴
    • Yale: bù-jūng-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujongyonq
    • Palladius: бучжунъюн (bučžunʺjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhòngyòng [Phonetic: búzhòngyòng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhòngyòng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chung⁴-yung⁴
    • Yale: bù-jùng-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujonqyonq
    • Palladius: бучжунъюн (bučžunʺjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/

Adjective

不中用

1. unfit; incapable
2. incapacitated
3. (euphemistic) dying; approaching death