一竅不通

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	intelligence; opening	to be obstructed; to be unable to get through; to not understand
trad. (一竅不通)		一	竅	不通
simp. (一窍不通)		一	窍	不通
Literally: “doesn't (even)​ enter a single aperture (of one's head)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīqiàobùtōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ hiu³ bat¹ tung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīqiàobùtōng [Phonetic: yíqiàobùtōng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiciàobùtong
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chʻiao⁴-pu⁴-tʻung¹
    • Yale: yī-chyàu-bù-tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ichiawbutong
    • Palladius: ицяобутун (icjaobutun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ hiu³ bat¹ tung¹
    • Yale: yāt hiu bāt tūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ hiu³ bat⁷ tung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ hiu³ bed¹ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ hiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

一竅不通

1. to not understand a thing about the topic; it's all Greek to me