無頭無尾
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Chinese
[edit]not have | head; (noun suffix) | not have | tail | ||
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trad. (無頭無尾) | 無 | 頭 | 無 | 尾 | |
simp. (无头无尾) | 无 | 头 | 无 | 尾 | |
Literally: “no head, no tail”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mou4 tau4 mou4 mei5
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-thâu-bô-bé / bô-thâu-bô-bóe / bô-thâu-bô-bér
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wútóuwúwěi
- Wade–Giles: wu2-tʻou2-wu2-wei3
- Yale: wú-tóu-wú-wěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wutourwuwoei
- Palladius: утоуувэй (utouuvɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mou4 tau4 mou4 mei5
- Yale: mòuh tàuh mòuh méih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou4 tau4 mou4 mei5
- Guangdong Romanization: mou4 teo4 mou4 méi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mei̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-thâu-bô-bé
- Tâi-lô: bô-thâu-bô-bé
- Phofsit Daibuun: boi'tau'boi'bea
- IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/
- IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ be⁴²/
- IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-thâu-bô-bóe
- Tâi-lô: bô-thâu-bô-bué
- Phofsit Daibuun: boi'tau'boi'boea
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ bue⁴¹/
- IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bue⁴²/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-thâu-bô-bér
- Tâi-lô: bô-thâu-bô-bér
- IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ bə⁴²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
Idiom
[edit]無頭無尾
- (figurative, of a matter) to have no clue of the reason or cause; to be unclear; to be incomprehensible; to be nonsensical
- (figurative) to be chaotic; to be messy; to be all over the place; to be ill-composed
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