不成器

Chinese

		not; no	to become a useful implement; to grow up to be a talented or useful person
trad. (不成器)		不	成器
simp. #(不成器)		不	成器

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùchéngqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sing⁴ hei³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): put sêng khì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ sêng¹ ki³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùchéngqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùchéngcì
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻêng²-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: bù-chéng-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bucherngchih
    • Palladius: бучэнци (bučɛnci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sing⁴ hei³
    • Yale: bāt sìhng hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sing⁴ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xing⁴ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ hei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put sêng khì
    • Tâi-lô: put sîng khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pud seeng qix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bug⁴ sêng¹ ki³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk seng khì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ seŋ³³⁻²³ kʰi²¹³/

Idiom

不成器

1. (figurative) to not grow up to be a talented or useful person

   孩子不學好不成器。 [MSC, trad.]
   孩子不学好不成器。 [MSC, simp.]

   Háizi bù xuéhǎo bùchéngqì. [Pinyin]

   Children who fail to learn from good examples will not grow up to be useful people.

Derived terms

• 不打不成器 (bù dǎ bù chéng qì)
• 玉不琢，不成器 (yù bù zhuó, bù chéng qì)