比上不足，比下有餘

Chinese

		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	insufficient; inadequate; lacking insufficient; inadequate; lacking; inadequacy; deficiency; dearth; shortage; want; lack; not enough		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to have an abundance; odd; about to have an abundance; odd; about; or so
trad. (比上不足，比下有餘)		比	上	不足	，	比	下	有餘
simp. (比上不足，比下有余)		比	上	不足	，	比	下	有余

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ shàng bùzú, bǐ xià yǒuyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ , ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² soeng⁶ bat¹ zuk¹, bei² haa⁶ jau⁵ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ shàng bùzú, bǐ xià yǒuyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ , ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ shàng bùzú, bǐ sià yǒuyú
    • Wade–Giles: pi³ shang⁴ pu⁴-tsu², pi³ hsia⁴ yu³-yü²
    • Yale: bǐ shàng bù-dzú-, bǐ syà yǒu-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii shanq butzwu, bii shiah yeouyu
    • Palladius: би шан буцзу, би ся ююй (bi šan buczu, bi sja jujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² soeng⁶ bat¹ zuk¹, bei² haa⁶ jau⁵ jyu⁴
    • Yale: béi seuhng bāt jūk, béi hah yáuh yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² soeng⁶ bat⁷ dzuk⁷, bei² haa⁶ jau⁵ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² sêng⁶ bed¹ zug¹, béi² ha⁶ yeo⁵ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ sœːŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ pei̯³⁵ haː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/

Idiom

比上不足，比下有餘

1. not as good as the best ones, but better than the worst ones