半桶水

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	pail; bucket; bin pail; bucket; bin; barrel	water; river
simp. and trad. (半桶水)		半	桶	水
Literally: “half a bucket of water”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàntǒngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ tung² seoi²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pan-thúng-súi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ban⁴ tung³ sui³

• Northern Min (KCR): bui̿ng-tǒ̤ng-sṳ̌
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-tháng-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàntǒngshuǐ [Phonetic: bàntóngshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàntǒngshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-tʻung³-shui³
    • Yale: bàn-tǔng-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntoongshoei
    • Palladius: баньтуншуй (banʹtunšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ tung² seoi²
    • Yale: bun túng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ tung² soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ tung² sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ tʰʊŋ³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pan-thúng-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ban tung` sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ban⁴ tung³ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /pan⁵⁵ tʰuŋ³¹ su̯i³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ban⁴ tung³ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /pan⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ³¹ suɪ³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bui̿ng-tǒ̤ng-sṳ̌
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puiŋ³³ tʰɔŋ²¹ sy²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-tháng-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-tháng-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoartafngzuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /puã²¹⁻⁴² tʰaŋ⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁴²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/

Adjective

半桶水

1. (colloquial) limited (of one's skills, knowledge, etc.)

Noun

半桶水

1. (colloquial) smatterer; amateur; dabbler

Synonyms

• 半瓶醋 (bànpíngcù)
• 半瓶子醋 (bànpíngzicù)
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 半桶屎, 半桶師仔／半桶师仔, 半桶師／半桶师, 半路師／半路师, 半精戇／半精戆, 𣍐半精／𫧃半精