不足掛齒

Chinese

		insufficient; inadequate; lacking insufficient; inadequate; lacking; inadequacy; deficiency; dearth; shortage; want; lack; not enough	to mention
trad. (不足掛齒)		不足	掛齒
simp. (不足挂齿)		不足	挂齿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzúguàchǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄔˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zuk¹ gwaa³ ci²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzúguàchǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùzúguàchǐh
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tsu²-kua⁴-chʻih³
    • Yale: bù-dzú-gwà-chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butzwuguahchyy
    • Palladius: буцзугуачи (buczuguači)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ ku̯ä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zuk¹ gwaa³ ci²
    • Yale: bāt jūk gwa chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzuk⁷ gwaa³ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zug¹ gua³ qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ kʷaː³³ t͡sʰiː³⁵/

Idiom

不足掛齒

1. (sometimes humble) not worth mentioning; nothing to speak of

Synonyms

• 何足掛齒／何足挂齿 (hézú guàchǐ)