不是東西

Chinese

		to not be	thing
trad. (不是東西)		不是	東西
simp. (不是东西)		不是	东西

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùshì dōngxi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ˙ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ si⁶ dung¹ sai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùshì dōngxi [Phonetic: búshì dōngxi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ˙ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùshìh dongsi̊
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-shih⁴ tung¹-hsi⁵
    • Yale: bù-shr̀ dūng-syi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushyh dong.shi
    • Palladius: буши дунси (buši dunsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ si⁶ dung¹ sai¹
    • Yale: bāt sih dūng sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ si⁶ dung¹ sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xi⁶ dung¹ sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ siː²² tʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

不是東西

1. (colloquial, insult, derogatory, slang, idiomatic) to be a contemptible person; to be worthless

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 袂躄, 袂箍躄