不敢問津

Chinese

		to not dare; cannot; must not to not dare; cannot; must not; should not	to make inquiries about a ferry crossing; to make inquiries
trad. (不敢問津)		不敢	問津
simp. (不敢问津)		不敢	问津

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùgǎnwènjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄢˇ ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gam² man⁶ zeon¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùgǎnwènjīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄢˇ ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùgǎnwùnjin
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kan³-wên⁴-chin¹
  - Yale: bù-gǎn-wèn-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugaanwennjin
  - Palladius: буганьвэньцзинь (buganʹvɛnʹczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ gam² man⁶ zeon¹
  - Yale: bāt gám mahn jēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gam² man⁶ dzoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gem² men⁶ zên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɐm³⁵ mɐn²² t͡sɵn⁵⁵/

Idiom

不敢問津

to not dare to inquire (e.g. about the price of expensive goods)

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