不答不七

Chinese

		not; no	reply; answer; return reply; answer; return; respond; echo; to answer; agree	not; no	seven
trad. (不答不七)		不	答	不	七
simp. #(不答不七)		不	答	不	七

Etymology

Possibly from 不八不七.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-tap-put-chhit / put-lap-put-chhit

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tap-put-chhit
    • Tâi-lô: put-tap-put-tshit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putdapputchid
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tap̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ tap̚³²⁻⁵ put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-lap-put-chhit
    • Tâi-lô: put-lap-put-tshit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putlapputchid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ lap̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²/

Adjective

不答不七

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) unpresentable; in no shape to be seen; neither fish nor fowl

   這領衫穿甲不答不七，真歹看。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   这领衫穿甲不答不七，真歹看。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Chit niá saⁿ chhēng kah put-tap-put-chhit, chin pháiⁿ-khòaⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   These clothes were worn so unpresentably, so ugly.

Synonyms

• 不像樣／不像样 (bùxiàngyàng)
• 不三不四 (bùsānbùsì)
• 非驢非馬／非驴非马 (fēilǘfēimǎ)
• (Hokkien) 不三似兩／不三似两, 毋成三兩／毋成三两, 不八不七, 不答不霎, 阿里不達, 不顛不戒／不颠不戒