不過爾爾

Chinese

		only; merely; extremely	so-so
trad. (不過爾爾)		不過	爾爾
simp. (不过尔尔)		不过	尔尔
Literally: “not better than that”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùguò'ěr'ěr

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄦˇ ㄦˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gwo³ ji⁵ ji⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùguò'ěr'ěr [Phonetic: búguòérěr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄦˇ ㄦˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùguò-ěr-ěr
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kuo⁴-êrh³-êrh³
  - Yale: bù-gwò-ěr-ěr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buguoheeleel
  - Palladius: бугоэрэр (bugoerɛr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ gwo³ ji⁵ ji⁵
  - Yale: bāt gwo yíh yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gwo³ ji⁵ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ guo³ yi⁵ yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʷɔː³³ jiː¹³ jiː¹³/

Idiom

不過爾爾

just so-so; mediocre; just middling

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