不三不四

Chinese

		not; no	three	not; no	four
simp. and trad. (不三不四)		不	三	不	四

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùsānbùsì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄢㄅㄨˋ ㄙˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ saam¹ bat¹ sei³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-sam-put-sù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùsānbùsì [Phonetic: bùsānbúsì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄢㄅㄨˋ ㄙˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùsanbùsìh
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-san¹-pu⁴-ssŭ⁴
  - Yale: bù-sān-bù-sz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: busanbusyh
  - Palladius: бусаньбусы (busanʹbusy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ saam¹ bat¹ sei³
  - Yale: bāt sāam bāt sei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ saam¹ bat⁷ sei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ sam¹ bed¹ séi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sei̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-sam-put-sù
  - Tâi-lô: put-sam-put-sù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putsamputsux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ sam⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ su²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ su²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ su¹¹/

Adjective

不三不四

dubious; questionable; shady
不三不四的人 ― bùsānbùsì de rén ― dubious person
neither this nor that; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript
說些不三不四的話 [MSC, trad.]
说些不三不四的话 [MSC, simp.]
shuō xiē bùsānbùsì de huà [Pinyin]
to make remarks that are neither this nor that

See also

不倫不類／不伦不类 (bùlúnbùlèi)
四不像 (sìbùxiàng)
非驢非馬／非驴非马 (fēilǘfēimǎ)
(Cantonese, Teochew) 唔三唔四
(Hokkien) 不三似兩／不三似两, 毋成三兩／毋成三两, 不八不七, 不答不七, 阿里不達, 不顛不戒／不颠不戒

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