不敢恭維

Chinese

		to not dare; cannot; must not to not dare; cannot; must not; should not	to flatter; to compliment
trad. (不敢恭維)		不敢	恭維
simp. (不敢恭维)		不敢	恭维

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùgǎngōngwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gam² gung¹ wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùgǎngōngwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùgǎngongwéi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kan³-kung¹-wei²
    • Yale: bù-gǎn-gūng-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugaangongwei
    • Palladius: буганьгунвэй (buganʹgunvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gam² gung¹ wai⁴
    • Yale: bāt gám gūng wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gam² gung¹ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gem² gung¹ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɐm³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯²¹/

Idiom

不敢恭維

1. to be not good; to not deserve a compliment