不痛不癢

Chinese

		not; no	ache; pain; sorrow	not; no	itch
trad. (不痛不癢)		不	痛	不	癢
simp. (不痛不痒)		不	痛	不	痒
Literally: “doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùtòngbùyǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ tung³ bat¹ joeng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùtòngbùyǎng [Phonetic: bútòngbùyǎng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùtòngbùyǎng
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tʻung⁴-pu⁴-yang³
  - Yale: bù-tùng-bù-yǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butonqbuyeang
  - Palladius: бутунбуян (butunbujan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ tung³ bat¹ joeng⁵
  - Yale: bāt tung bāt yéuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ tung³ bat⁷ joeng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ tung³ bed¹ yêng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ³³ pɐt̚⁵ jœːŋ¹³/

Idiom

不痛不癢

not getting to the substance of the matter; perfunctory; superficial
hesitant and equivocal in attitude (when dealing with a matter)

Synonyms

(not getting into the substance of the matter): 不疼不癢／不疼不痒 (bùténgbùyǎng)
(hesitant and equivocal in attitude): 不疼不癢／不疼不痒 (bùténgbùyǎng)

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