不修邊幅

See also: 不修边幅

Chinese

		not; no	to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	cloth margin; person's appearance; one's dress
trad. (不修邊幅)		不	修	邊幅
simp. (不修边幅)		不	修	边幅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùxiūbiānfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sau¹ bin¹ fuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-siu-pian-hok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùxiūbiānfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsioubianfú
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsiu¹-pien¹-fu²
    • Yale: bù-syōu-byān-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushioubianfwu
    • Palladius: бусюбяньфу (busjubjanʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sau¹ bin¹ fuk¹
    • Yale: bāt sāu bīn fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sau¹ bin¹ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ seo¹ bin¹ fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵ piːn⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-siu-pian-hok
    • Tâi-lô: put-siu-pian-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putsiu'pienhog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ siu⁴⁴⁻²² piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚³²/

Idiom

不修邊幅

1. to not care about one's appearance; to be slovenly in dress and manner; to be unkempt