不成器

Chinese

		not; no	to become a useful implement; to grow up to be a talented or useful person
trad. (不成器)		不	成器
simp. #(不成器)		不	成器

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùchéngqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sing⁴ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùchéngqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùchéngcì
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻêng²-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: bù-chéng-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bucherngchih
    • Palladius: бучэнци (bučɛnci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sing⁴ hei³
    • Yale: bāt sìhng hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sing⁴ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xing⁴ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ hei̯³³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 不成器

1. (figurative) to not grow up to be a talented or useful person

   孩子不學好不成器。 [MSC, trad.]
   孩子不学好不成器。 [MSC, simp.]

   Háizi bù xuéhǎo bùchéngqì. [Pinyin]

   Children who fail to learn from good examples will not grow up to be useful people.