不聽不聽，王八念經

Chinese

		not; no	let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey	not; no	let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey		tortoise; turtle; cuckold	to chant or recite sutras
trad. (不聽不聽，王八念經)		不	聽	不	聽	，	王八	念經
simp. (不听不听，王八念经)		不	听	不	听	，	王八	念经
Literally: “I'm not listening, I'm not listening, the tortoise is chanting sutras”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù tīng bù tīng, wángba niànjīng, bù tīng bù tīng, wángbā niànjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ , ㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ , ㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄚ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bù tīng bù tīng, wángba niànjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ , ㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bù ting bù ting, wángbå niànjing
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴ tʻing¹ pu⁴ tʻing¹, wang²-pa⁵ nien⁴-ching¹
    • Yale: bù tīng bù tīng-, wáng-ba nyàn-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu ting bu ting, wangba niannjing
    • Palladius: бу тин бу тин, ванба няньцзин (bu tin bu tin, vanba njanʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ b̥ä³ ni̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bù tīng bù tīng, wángbā niànjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ , ㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄚ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bù ting bù ting, wángba niànjing
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴ tʻing¹ pu⁴ tʻing¹, wang²-pa¹ nien⁴-ching¹
    • Yale: bù tīng bù tīng-, wáng-bā nyàn-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu ting bu ting, wangba niannjing
    • Palladius: бу тин бу тин, ванба няньцзин (bu tin bu tin, vanba njanʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ pä⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

Interjection

不聽不聽，王八念經

1. (slang) An interjection used when making oneself ignore someone else's words.