不成

Chinese

		not; no	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
simp. and trad. (不成)		不	成

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùchéng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻêng²
    • Yale: bù-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bucherng
    • Palladius: бучэн (bučɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 不成 布城

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: bāt sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Verb

不成

1. (literary) to not form; to not constitute

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 不成

1. (literary) unsuccessful
2. (colloquial) inadequate; unacceptable

Particle

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   • 對。我是有一個姓魏的表親。那又怎麼樣？難道我王家不能有親戚了不成？ [MSC, trad.]
     对。我是有一个姓魏的表亲。那又怎么样？难道我王家不能有亲戚了不成？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2001, Chiung Yao, (deprecated template usage) 情深深雨濛濛, episode 38 (Mainland version)

     Duì. Wǒ shì yǒu yī ge xìng Wèi de biǎoqīn. Nà yòu zěnmeyàng? Nándào wǒ Wáng jiā bùnéng yǒu qīnqi le bùchéng? [Pinyin]

     Right. I do have a relative surnamed Wei. So what? Can't my Wang family have relatives?