無所不用其極
See also: 无所不用其极
Chinese
not have | actually; place; (nominalization prefix) | not necessary; don't; no need to | his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) |
utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit | ||
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trad. (無所不用其極) | 無 | 所 | 不用 | 其 | 極 | |
simp. (无所不用其极) | 无 | 所 | 不用 | 其 | 极 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wú suǒ bùyòng cí jí
- Wade–Giles: wu2 so3 pu4-yung4 chʻi2 chi2
- Yale: wú swǒ bù-yùng chí jí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu suoo buyonq chyi jyi
- Palladius: у со буюн ци цзи (u so bujun ci czi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mou4 so2 bat1 jung6 kei4 gik6
- Yale: mòuh só bāt yuhng kèih gihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou4 so2 bat7 jung6 kei4 gik9
- Guangdong Romanization: mou4 so2 bed1 yung6 kéi4 gig6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²² kʰei̯²¹ kɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 無所不用其極
- (usually disapproving) to resort to every conceivable means; to stop at nothing; to go to any length
Categories:
- Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi
- Chinese lemmas
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- Chinese terms spelled with 無
- Chinese terms spelled with 所
- Chinese terms spelled with 不
- Chinese terms spelled with 用
- Chinese terms spelled with 其
- Chinese terms spelled with 極