乏善可陳

Chinese

		short of; tired	good	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	arrange; exhibit; narrate arrange; exhibit; narrate; tell; old; stale; state; display; explain; surname
trad. (乏善可陳)		乏	善	可	陳
simp. (乏善可陈)		乏	善	可	陈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fáshànkěchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ sin⁶ ho² can⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍t-siān-khó-tîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fáshànkěchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fáshànkěchén
    • Wade–Giles: fa²-shan⁴-kʻo³-chʻên²
    • Yale: fá-shàn-kě-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farshannkeechern
    • Palladius: фашанькэчэнь (fašanʹkɛčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä³⁵ ʂän⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ sin⁶ ho² can⁴
    • Yale: faht sihn hó chàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ sin⁶ ho² tsan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ xin⁶ ho² cen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² siːn²² hɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍t-siān-khó-tîn
    • Tâi-lô: ha̍t-siān-khó-tîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hadsiexnqoy'diin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hat̚⁴⁻³² siɛn²²⁻²¹ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hat̚²⁴⁻² siɛn⁴¹⁻²² kʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siɛn²²⁻²¹ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hat̚⁴⁻³² siɛn³³⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hat̚⁴⁻³² siɛn³³⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tin²³/

Idiom

乏善可陳

1. to have nothing notable or praiseworthy

Synonyms

• 乏善足陳／乏善足陈 (fáshànzúchén)