備而不用

Chinese

		to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	not; no	to use
trad. (備而不用)		備	而	不	用
simp. (备而不用)		备	而	不	用

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bèi'érbùyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ ji⁴ bat¹ jung⁶
Min Nan (POJ): pī-jî-put-iōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bèi'érbùyòng [Phonetic: bèi'érbúyòng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beyerlbuyonq
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bèi'érbùyòng
  - IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei⁶ ji⁴ bat¹ jung⁶
  - Yale: beih yìh bāt yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ ji⁴ bat⁷ jung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ yi⁴ bed¹ yung⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī-jî-put-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: pī-jî-put-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pixji'put'iong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑi²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻²² d͡ʑi²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ iɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑi¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi³³⁻¹¹ d͡ʑi²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi³³⁻²¹ ʑi²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ³³/

Idiom

備而不用

to have something ready just in case; to keep something for possible future use

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