不語

See also: 不语

Chinese

		not; no	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (不語)		不	語
simp. (不语)		不	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jyu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-gú / put-gír / put-gí
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷peq-gniu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-yü³
    • Yale: bù-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyeu
    • Palladius: буюй (bujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ jyu⁵
    • Yale: bāt yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jyː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-gú
    • Tâi-lô: put-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putguo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ɡu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-gír
    • Tâi-lô: put-gír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-gí
    • Tâi-lô: put-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putgie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ ɡi⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷peq-gniu
    • MiniDict: peh^入 nyu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴peq-nyy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pəʔ³³ n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

Verb

不語

1. (literary) to remain silent; to say nothing

Derived terms

• 不言不語 / 不言不语 (bùyánbùyǔ)
• 低頭不語 / 低头不语 (dītóubùyǔ)
• 觀棋不語真君子 / 观棋不语真君子
• 食不言，寢不語 / 食不言，寝不语 (shí bù yán, qǐn bù yǔ)
• 默默不語 / 默默不语