不肖

Chinese

		not; no	similar; resembling; to resemble similar; resembling; to resemble; to be like
trad. (不肖)		不	肖
simp. #(不肖)		不	肖
Literally: “unlike (one's parents)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ciu³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-seu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-siàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùxiào [Phonetic: búxiào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsiào
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: bù-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushiaw
    • Palladius: бусяо (busjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ciu³
    • Yale: bāt chiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ tsiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ qiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-seu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud^ˋ seu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ seu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² seu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-siàu
    • Tâi-lô: put-siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putsiaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ siau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ siau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 不肖

1. (of a person) unworthy; unseemly; unpromising; dishonourable

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	肖
ふ Grade: 4	しょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふしょー [fùshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɕo̞ː]

Adjectival noun

不(ふ)肖(しょう) • (fushō) -na (adnominal 不(ふ)肖(しょう)な (fushō na), adverbial 不(ふ)肖(しょう)に (fushō ni))

1. unworthiness
2. incompetence
3. misfortune

Pronoun

不(ふ)肖(しょう) or 不肖(pronoun) • (fushō or pronoun) [[Category:Japanese
|ふしょう]]

1. (humble) I; me