不宜

Chinese

		not; no	proper; should; suitable proper; should; suitable; appropriate
simp. and trad. (不宜)		不	宜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ji⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): put-gî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ ngi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùyí
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-i²
    • Yale: bù-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyi
    • Palladius: буи (bui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ i³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 不宜 不移 不遺／不遗

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ji⁴
    • Yale: bāt yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiː²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 不宜 不移

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-gî
    • Tâi-lô: put-gî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putgii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ɡi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ ɡi¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ɡi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ɡi²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bug⁴ ngi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk ngî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ ŋi⁵⁵/

Adjective

不宜

1. not suitable; inadvisable

   少兒不宜／少儿不宜  ―  shào'ér bùyí  ―  not suitable for children

   • 儘管許多人的刻板印象認為國家領導人一正一副，性別上多以男性為主，也有保守人士認為穿裙子的不宜統帥三軍。 [MSC, trad.]
     尽管许多人的刻板印象认为国家领导人一正一副，性别上多以男性为主，也有保守人士认为穿裙子的不宜统帅三军。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 【台灣演義】 蔡英文八年執政 推年改.漲工資.拚經濟.挺長照

     Jǐnguǎn xǔduō rén de kèbǎnyìnxiàng rènwèi guójiā lǐngdǎorén yī zhèng yī fù, xìngbié shàng duō yǐ nánxìng wèi zhǔ, yě yǒu bǎoshǒu rénshì rènwèi chuān qúnzǐ de bùyí tǒngshuài sānjūn. [Pinyin]

     Although many people simply stereotype world leaders to be uniformly male, there are also conservatives who believe that those who wear skirts are not suitable for commanding the armed services.

Antonyms

• 相宜 (xiāngyí)

Derived terms

• 事不宜遲／事不宜迟 (shìbùyíchí)
• 冤家宜解不宜結／冤家宜解不宜结 (yuānjiā yí jiě bùyí jié)