半瓶子醋

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	bottle	vinegar
trad. (半瓶子醋)		半	瓶子	醋
simp. #(半瓶子醋)		半	瓶子	醋
Literally: “half a bottle of vinegar”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànpíngzicù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ ㄘㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànpíngzicù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànpíngzi̊hcù
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-pʻing²-tzŭ⁵-tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: bàn-píng-dz-tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannpyng.tzytsuh
    • Palladius: баньпинцзыцу (banʹpinczycu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ t͡sʰu⁵¹/

Noun

半瓶子醋

1. (figurative, colloquial) smatterer; amateur; dabbler

Synonyms

• 半瓶醋 (bànpíngcù)