無精打采

See also: 无精打采

Chinese

		not have	energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	spirit
trad. (無精打采)		無	精	打	采
simp. (无精打采)		无	精	打	采
alternative forms		無精打彩／无精打彩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wújīngdǎcǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄉㄚˇ ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ zing¹ daa² coi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-cheng-táⁿ-chhái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wújīngdǎcǎi [Phonetic: wújīngdácǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄉㄚˇ ㄘㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wújingdǎcǎi
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-ching¹-ta³-tsʻai³
    • Yale: wú-jīng-dǎ-tsǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wujingdaatsae
    • Palladius: уцзиндацай (uczindacaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 無精打彩／无精打彩 無精打采／无精打采

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ zing¹ daa² coi²
    • Yale: mòuh jīng dá chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ dzing¹ daa² tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ jing¹ da² coi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ taː³⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-cheng-táⁿ-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: bû-tsing-tánn-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buzengdvafzhae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ³³ tã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai⁴¹/

Idiom

無精打采

1. listless; lackadaisical

   • 可是有一段，陸小璐突然變得無精打采起來，雖然天天還是一大早就起來化妝，試穿漂亮衣服，但她的精神明顯沒有過去好。 [MSC, trad.]
     可是有一段，陆小璐突然变得无精打采起来，虽然天天还是一大早就起来化妆，试穿漂亮衣服，但她的精神明显没有过去好。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2008: Qin Yong (秦俑), 化妝

     Kěshì yǒu yī duàn, Lù Xiǎolù tūrán biàndé wújīngdǎcǎi qǐlái, suīrán tiāntiān háishì yīdàzǎo jiù qǐlái huàzhuāng, shìchuān piàoliàng yīfú, dàn tā de jīngshén míngxiǎn méiyǒu guòqù hǎo. [Pinyin]

     One day though Lu suddenly turned listless. Even though she still put on makeup in the morning and tried on clothes, she was no longer in such a good mood as she used to be.

Synonyms

• 沒精打采／没精打采 (méijīngdǎcǎi)