滴酒不沾

Chinese

		a drop; to drip	alcoholic drink	not; no	infected by; moisten; receive favours
trad. (滴酒不沾)		滴	酒	不	沾
simp. #(滴酒不沾)		滴	酒	不	沾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dījiǔbùzhān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dik⁶ zau² bat¹ zim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dījiǔbùzhān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dijiǒubùjhan
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹-chiu³-pu⁴-chan¹
    • Yale: dī-jyǒu-bù-jān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dijeoubujan
    • Palladius: дицзюбучжань (diczjubučžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dik⁶ zau² bat¹ zim¹
    • Yale: dihk jáu bāt jīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dik⁹ dzau² bat⁷ dzim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dig⁶ zeo² bed¹ jim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪk̚² t͡sɐu̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siːm⁵⁵/

Idiom

滴酒不沾

1. to never touch a drop of alcohol; to abstain from drinking; to be strictly teetotal