不苟言笑

Chinese

		not doing things easily or rashly; careful; scrupulous	to talk and laugh
trad. (不苟言笑)		不苟	言笑
simp. #(不苟言笑)		不苟	言笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùgǒuyánxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gau² jin⁴ siu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùgǒuyánxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùgǒuyánsiào
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kou³-yen²-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: bù-gǒu-yán-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugoouyanshiaw
    • Palladius: бугоуяньсяо (bugoujanʹsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gau² jin⁴ siu³
    • Yale: bāt gáu yìhn siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gau² jin⁴ siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ geo² yin⁴ xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ jiːn²¹ siːu̯³³/

Idiom

不苟言笑

1. reserved; reticent; taciturn; sober; sedate