少不更事

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	not; no	to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (少不更事)		少	不	更	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàobùgēngshì, shàobùjīngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄥ ㄕˋ, ㄕㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ bat¹ gang¹ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàobùgēngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄥ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàobùgengshìh
    • Wade–Giles: shao⁴-pu⁴-kêng¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: shàu-bù-gēng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shawbugengshyh
    • Palladius: шаобугэнши (šaobugɛnši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàobùjīngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàobùjingshìh
    • Wade–Giles: shao⁴-pu⁴-ching¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: shàu-bù-jīng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shawbujingshyh
    • Palladius: шаобуцзинши (šaobuczinši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu³ bat¹ gang¹ si⁶
    • Yale: siu bāt gāng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ bat⁷ gang¹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ bed¹ geng¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ kɐŋ⁵⁵ siː²²/

Idiom

少不更事

1. young and inexperienced in life; wet behind the ears

Synonyms

• 少不經事／少不经事 (shàobùjīngshì)