說不清

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	not; no	clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure
trad. (說不清)		說	不	清
simp. (说不清)		说	不	清

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuōbùqīng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ bat¹ cing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuōbùqīng → shuōbuqīng (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ → ㄕㄨㄛ ˙ㄅㄨㄑㄧㄥ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuobůcing
  - Wade–Giles: shuo¹-pu⁵-chʻing¹
  - Yale: shwō-bu-chīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuobuching
  - Palladius: шобуцин (šobucin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/ → /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ b̥u² t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syut³ bat¹ cing¹
  - Yale: syut bāt chīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ bat⁷ tsing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xud³ bed¹ qing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

說不清

to be unable to speak clearly
to speak unclearly

Derived terms

秀才遇到兵——有理說不清／秀才遇到兵——有理说不清 (xiùcái yùdào bīng, yǒulǐ shuōbùqīng)

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