找不著北

See also: 找不着北

Chinese

		to try to find; to look for; to call on (someone) to try to find; to look for; to call on (someone); to find; to seek; to return	to need not; to not need	north
trad. (找不著北)		找	不著	北
simp. (找不着北)		找	不着	北
Literally: “can't find north”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎobùzháoběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄅㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎobùzháoběi → zhǎobuzháoběi (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄅㄟˇ → ㄓㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄠˊ ㄅㄟˇ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎobůjháoběi
    • Wade–Giles: chao³-pu⁵-chao²-pei³
    • Yale: jǎu-bu-jáu-běi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaobujaurbeei
    • Palladius: чжаобучжаобэй (čžaobučžaobɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

找不著北

1. (colloquial) to be lost and confused; to be unable to find one's direction

Synonyms

• 找不到北