不倫不類

See also: 不伦不类

Chinese

		improper; unseemly	not; no	kind; type; class kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble
trad. (不倫不類)		不倫	不	類
simp. (不伦不类)		不伦	不	类

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùlúnbùlèi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ leon⁴ bat¹ leoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùlúnbùlèi [Phonetic: bùlúnbúlèi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùlúnbùlèi
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lun²-pu⁴-lei⁴
  - Yale: bù-lwún-bù-lèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buluenbuley
  - Palladius: булуньбулэй (bulunʹbulɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ lu̯ən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ leon⁴ bat¹ leoi⁶
  - Yale: bāt lèuhn bāt leuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ loen⁴ bat⁷ loey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ lên⁴ bed¹ lêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ lɵn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ lɵy̯²²/

Idiom

不倫不類

nondescript; neither fish nor fowl

See also

非驢非馬／非驴非马 (fēilǘfēimǎ)
四不像 (sìbùxiàng)
不三不四 (bùsānbùsì)
(Cantonese, Teochew) 唔三唔四

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