不三似兩

Chinese

		not; no	three	to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael
trad. (不三似兩)		不	三	似	兩
simp. (不三似两)		不	三	似	两

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-sam-sū-lióng / put-sam-sǐr-lióng / put-sam-sū-liáng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-sam-sū-lióng
    • Tâi-lô: put-sam-sū-lióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putsamsuxliorng
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³⁻¹¹ liɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ sam⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³⁻²¹ liɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ sam⁴⁴⁻²² su²²⁻²¹ liɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-sam-sǐr-lióng
    • Tâi-lô: put-sam-sǐr-lióng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ sam³³ sɯ²² liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-sam-sū-liáng
    • Tâi-lô: put-sam-sū-liáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putsamsuxliarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ sam⁴⁴⁻²² su²²⁻²¹ liaŋ⁵³/

Adjective

不三似兩

1. (Hokkien) unpresentable; in no shape to be seen; neither fish nor fowl

   這張圖畫甲不三似兩，人看毋捌。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   这张图画甲不三似两，人看毋捌。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Chit tiuⁿ tô͘ ōe kah put-sam-sū-lióng, lâng khòaⁿ m̄ pat. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   This picture is drawn so unpresentably, that people can't understand it.

Synonyms

• 不像樣／不像样 (bùxiàngyàng)
• 不三不四 (bùsānbùsì)
• 非驢非馬／非驴非马 (fēilǘfēimǎ)
• (Hokkien) 毋成三兩／毋成三两, 不八不七, 不答不七, 阿里不達, 不顛不戒／不颠不戒