半瓶醋

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	bottle; (a measure word); vase bottle; (a measure word); vase; pitcher	vinegar
trad. (半瓶醋)		半	瓶	醋
simp. #(半瓶醋)		半	瓶	醋
Literally: “half a bottle of vinegar”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànpíngcù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄘㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ peng^4-2 cou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànpíngcù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànpíngcù
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-pʻing²-tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: bàn-píng-tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannpyngtsuh
    • Palladius: баньпинцу (banʹpincu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ peng^4-2 cou³
    • Yale: bun péng chou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ peng^4-2 tsou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ péng^4-2 cou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ pʰɛːŋ²¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 半瓶醋

1. (figurative, colloquial) smatterer; amateur; dabbler

Synonyms

• 半瓶子醋 (bànpíngzicù)
• (Min Nan) 半桶屎, 半桶師仔／半桶师仔, 半桶水 (bàntǒngshuǐ)