不苟言笑

Chinese

		not doing things easily or rashly; careful; scrupulous	to talk and laugh
trad. (不苟言笑)		不苟	言笑
simp. ^#(不苟言笑)		不苟	言笑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùgǒuyánxiào

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gau² jin⁴ siu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùgǒuyánxiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùgǒuyánsiào
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kou³-yen²-hsiao⁴
  - Yale: bù-gǒu-yán-syàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugoouyanshiaw
  - Palladius: бугоуяньсяо (bugoujanʹsjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ gau² jin⁴ siu³
  - Yale: bāt gáu yìhn siu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gau² jin⁴ siu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ geo² yin⁴ xiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ jiːn²¹ siːu̯³³/

Idiom

不苟言笑

reserved; reticent; taciturn; sober; sedate

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