不敢恭維

Chinese

		to not dare; cannot; must not to not dare; cannot; must not; should not	to flatter; to compliment
trad. (不敢恭維)		不敢	恭維
simp. (不敢恭维)		不敢	恭维

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùgǎngōngwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄥㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gam² gung¹ wai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùgǎngōngwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄥㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùgǎngongwéi
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kan³-kung¹-wei²
  - Yale: bù-gǎn-gūng-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugaangongwei
  - Palladius: буганьгунвэй (buganʹgunvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ gam² gung¹ wai⁴
  - Yale: bāt gám gūng wàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gam² gung¹ wai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gem² gung¹ wei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɐm³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯²¹/

Idiom

不敢恭維

to be not good; to not deserve a compliment

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