入不敷支

Chinese

		to enter	not; no	announce; apply	(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money
trad. (入不敷支)		入	不	敷	支
simp. #(入不敷支)		入	不	敷	支

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rùbùfūzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jap⁶ bat¹ fu¹ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rùbùfūzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rùbùfujhih
    • Wade–Giles: ju⁴-pu⁴-fu¹-chih¹
    • Yale: rù-bù-fū-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhbufujy
    • Palladius: жубуфучжи (žubufučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ fu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jap⁶ bat¹ fu¹ zi¹
    • Yale: yahp bāt fū jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jap⁹ bat⁷ fu¹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeb⁶ bed¹ fu¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐp̚² pɐt̚⁵ fuː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

入不敷支

1. Synonym of 入不敷出 (rùbùfūchū, “unable to make ends meet; income cannot cover expenditure; to spend more than one earns”)