不濟

Chinese

		not; no	aid; ferry; frugal
trad. (不濟)		不	濟
simp. (不济)		不	济

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùjì [Phonetic: bújì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjì
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chi⁴
    • Yale: bù-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujih
    • Palladius: буцзи (buczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zai³
    • Yale: bāt jai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɐi̯³³/

Adjective

不濟

1. not successful
2. of no use
3. not enough; insufficient
4. not good
5. not as good as

Synonyms

• (not good):

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• 不善 (bùshàn)
• 不好
• 不妙 (bùmiào)
• 不怎麼樣／不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng)
• 不腆 (bùtiǎn) (Classical Chinese, self-deprecatory)
• 了丁 (Min Nan)
• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低劣 (dīliè)
• 低路 (Min Nan)
• 劣 (literary, or in compounds)
• 垃圾 (lājī) (colloquial)
• 屎 (Cantonese)
• 差 (chà)
• 差勁／差劲 (chàjìn) (colloquial)
• 差氣／差气 (Hokkien)
• 拙劣 (zhuōliè)
• 推扳 (¹the-pe) (Shanghainese)
• 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 欠佳 (qiànjiā)
• 水皮 (seoi² pei⁴) (Cantonese)
• 潮 (cháo) (colloquial, of quality or technique)
• 無良／无良 (wúliáng) (formal)
• 破 (pò) (colloquial)
• 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 蹩腳／蹩脚 (biéjiǎo)
• 鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 不存不濟／不存不济
• 不濟事／不济事
• 時運不濟／时运不济 (shíyùnbùjì)
• 本事不濟／本事不济
• 爛不濟／烂不济
• 緩不濟急／缓不济急 (huǎnbùjìjí)