不足為憑

Chinese

		insufficient; inadequate; lacking insufficient; inadequate; lacking; inadequacy; deficiency; dearth; shortage; want; lack; not enough	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	lean against; proof; to rely on lean against; proof; to rely on; to depend on; to be based on
trad. (不足為憑/不足爲憑)		不足	為/爲	憑
simp. (不足为凭)		不足	为	凭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzúwéipíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zuk¹ wai⁴ pang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzúwéipíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùzúwéipíng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tsu²-wei²-pʻing²
    • Yale: bù-dzú-wéi-píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butzwuweipyng
    • Palladius: буцзувэйпин (buczuvɛjpin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zuk¹ wai⁴ pang⁴
    • Yale: bāt jūk wàih pàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzuk⁷ wai⁴ pang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zug¹ wei⁴ peng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ pʰɐŋ²¹/

Idiom

不足為憑

1. to afford little or no evidence; to have flimsy evidence; cannot be taken as evidence