名不符實

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	not; no	mark; sign; talisman mark; sign; talisman; to seal; to correspond (to); tally; symbol; written charm; to coincide	real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid
trad. (名不符實)		名	不	符	實
simp. (名不符实)		名	不	符	实

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngbùfúshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ bat¹ fu⁴ sat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngbùfúshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngbùfúshíh
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-pu⁴-fu²-shih²
    • Yale: míng-bù-fú-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingbufwushyr
    • Palladius: минбуфуши (minbufuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ fu³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ bat¹ fu⁴ sat⁶
    • Yale: mìhng bāt fùh saht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ bat⁷ fu⁴ sat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ bed¹ fu⁴ sed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ fuː²¹ sɐt̚²/

Idiom

名不符實

1. Synonym of 名不副實／名不副实 (míngbùfùshí, “the name falls short of the reality; to be unworthy of the name”)