牛頭不對馬嘴

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	head; (noun suffix)	not; no	couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right	horse; surname	mouth
trad. (牛頭不對馬嘴)		牛	頭	不	對	馬	嘴
simp. (牛头不对马嘴)		牛	头	不	对	马	嘴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niútóubùduìmǎzuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ tau⁴ bat¹ deoi³ maa⁵ zeoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niútóubùduìmǎzuǐ [Phonetic: niútóubúduìmázuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióutóubùduèimǎzuěi
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-tʻou²-pu⁴-tui⁴-ma³-tsui³
  - Yale: nyóu-tóu-bù-dwèi-mǎ-dzwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioutourbudueymaatzoei
  - Palladius: нютоубудуймацзуй (njutoubudujmaczuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /njoʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tweɪ̯⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ tau⁴ bat¹ deoi³ maa⁵ zeoi²
  - Yale: ngàuh tàuh bāt deui máh jéui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ tau⁴ bat⁷ doey³ maa⁵ dzoey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ teo⁴ bed¹ dêu³ ma⁵ zêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ tɵy̯³³ maː¹³ t͡ʃɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

牛頭不對馬嘴

the answer is totally irrelevant to the question; a square peg cannot fit into a round hole; to be beside the point

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 驢脣不對馬嘴 (“to be irrelevant or incongruous”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		驢脣不對馬嘴, 驢頭不對馬嘴, 牛頭不對馬嘴
Mandarin	Luoyang	驢脣不對馬嘴
Mandarin	Yangzhou	六不答對
Cantonese	Hong Kong	牛頭唔搭馬嘴
Hakka	Meixian	話三唔話兩

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