不擇手段

Chinese

		not; no	pick over; to select; to choose pick over; to select; to choose; to pick	procedure; method; means procedure; method; means; skill; ability; technique
trad. (不擇手段)		不	擇	手段
simp. (不择手段)		不	择	手段

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzéshǒuduàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zaak⁶ sau² dyun⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-te̍k-chhiú-tōaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzéshǒuduàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùzéshǒuduàn
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tsê²-shou³-tuan⁴
    • Yale: bù-dzé-shǒu-dwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butzershoouduann
    • Palladius: буцзэшоудуань (buczɛšouduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zaak⁶ sau² dyun⁶
    • Yale: bāt jaahk sáu dyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzaak⁹ sau² dyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zag⁶ seo² dün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡saːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵ tyːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-te̍k-chhiú-tōaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: put-ti̍k-tshiú-tuānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putdegchiw'dvoa
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tuã³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²²/

Idiom

不擇手段

1. (derogatory) to take any measures to do something; to stop at nothing; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously

Derived terms

• 只要目的正當，可以不擇手段／只要目的正当，可以不择手段 (zhǐyào mùdì zhèngdàng, kěyǐ bùzéshǒuduàn)