不亢不卑

Chinese

		not; no	overbearing	not; no	low; base; vulgar low; base; vulgar; inferior; humble
simp. and trad. (不亢不卑)		不	亢	不	卑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùkàngbùbēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ kong³ bat¹ bei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùkàngbùbēi [Phonetic: búkàngbùbēi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùkàngbùbei
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻang⁴-pu⁴-pei¹
    • Yale: bù-kàng-bù-bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukanqbubei
    • Palladius: буканбубэй (bukanbubɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ kʰɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ kong³ bat¹ bei¹
    • Yale: bāt kong bāt bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ kong³ bat⁷ bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ kong³ bed¹ béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʰɔːŋ³³ pɐt̚⁵ pei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

不亢不卑

1. neither obsequious nor supercilious

Synonyms

• 不卑不亢 (bùbēibùkàng)