無利可圖

Chinese

		not have	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	diagram; to plan; picture diagram; to plan; picture; drawing; chart
trad. (無利可圖)		無	利	可	圖
simp. (无利可图)		无	利	可	图

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúlìkětú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄊㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ lei⁶ ho² tou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-lī-khó-tô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúlìkětú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúlìkětú
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-li⁴-kʻo³-tʻu²
    • Yale: wú-lì-kě-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wulihkeetwu
    • Palladius: уликэту (ulikɛtu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ li⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ lei⁶ ho² tou⁴
    • Yale: mòuh leih hó tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ lei⁶ ho² tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ léi⁶ ho² tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ lei̯²² hɔː³⁵ tʰou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-lī-khó-tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: bô-lī-khó-tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boilixqoy'doo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ li³³⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²⁴/

Idiom

無利可圖

1. to be unprofitable

Antonyms

• 有利可圖／有利可图 (yǒulìkětú)