備而不用

Chinese

		to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	not; no	to use
trad. (備而不用)		備	而	不	用
simp. (备而不用)		备	而	不	用

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèi'érbùyòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ ji⁴ bat¹ jung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pī-jî-put-iōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèi'érbùyòng [Phonetic: bèi'érbúyòng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèi-érbùyòng
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-êrh²-pu⁴-yung⁴
    • Yale: bèi-ér-bù-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beyerlbuyonq
    • Palladius: бэйэрбуюн (bɛjɛrbujun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ ji⁴ bat¹ jung⁶
    • Yale: beih yìh bāt yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ ji⁴ bat⁷ jung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ yi⁴ bed¹ yung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī-jî-put-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: pī-jî-put-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pixji'put'iong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³⁻²¹ zi²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ³³/

Idiom

備而不用

1. to have something ready just in case; to keep something for possible future use