不敢問津

Chinese

		to not dare; cannot; must not to not dare; cannot; must not; should not	to make inquiries about a ferry crossing; to make inquiries
trad. (不敢問津)		不敢	問津
simp. (不敢问津)		不敢	问津

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùgǎnwènjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄢˇ ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gam² man⁶ zeon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùgǎnwènjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄢˇ ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùgǎnwùnjin
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kan³-wên⁴-chin¹
    • Yale: bù-gǎn-wèn-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugaanwennjin
    • Palladius: буганьвэньцзинь (buganʹvɛnʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gam² man⁶ zeon¹
    • Yale: bāt gám mahn jēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gam² man⁶ dzoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gem² men⁶ zên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɐm³⁵ mɐn²² t͡sɵn⁵⁵/

Idiom

不敢問津

1. to not dare to inquire (e.g. about the price of expensive goods)