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

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

neither obsequious nor supercilious

Synonyms

不卑不亢 (bùbēibùkàng)

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