不成器

Chinese

		not; no	to become a useful implement; to grow up to be a talented or useful person
trad. (不成器)		不	成器
simp. ^#(不成器)		不	成器

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùchéngqì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sing⁴ hei³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): put sêng khì

(Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ sêng¹ ki³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùchéngqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùchéngcì
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻêng²-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: bù-chéng-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bucherngchih
  - Palladius: бучэнци (bučɛnci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ sing⁴ hei³
  - Yale: bāt sìhng hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sing⁴ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xing⁴ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ hei̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put sêng khì
  - Tâi-lô: put sîng khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pud seeng qix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɪŋ¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bug⁴ sêng¹ ki³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk seng khì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ seŋ³³⁻²³ kʰi²¹³/

Idiom

不成器

(figurative) to not grow up to be a talented or useful person
孩子不學好不成器。 [MSC, trad.]
孩子不学好不成器。 [MSC, simp.]
Háizi bù xuéhǎo bùchéngqì. [Pinyin]
Children who fail to learn from good examples will not grow up to be useful people.

Derived terms

不打不成器 (bù dǎ bù chéng qì)
玉不琢，不成器 (yù bù zhuó, bù chéng qì)

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