不著邊際

Chinese

		to need not; to not need	boundary; limit; bound
trad. (不著邊際)		不著	邊際
simp. (不着边际)		不着	边际

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhuóbiānjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zoek⁶ bin¹ zai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhuóbiānjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhuóbianjì
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-cho²-pien¹-chi⁴
    • Yale: bù-jwó-byān-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujwobianjih
    • Palladius: бучжобяньцзи (bučžobjanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zoek⁶ bin¹ zai³
    • Yale: bāt jeuhk bīn jai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzoek⁹ bin¹ dzai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zêg⁶ bin¹ zei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːk̚² piːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 不著邊際

1. not to the point; wide of the mark; irrelevant; neither here nor there