緩不濟急

Chinese

		slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone	not; no	aid; ferry; frugal	hurried; worried
trad. (緩不濟急)		緩	不	濟	急
simp. (缓不济急)		缓	不	济	急

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǎnbùjìjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ bat¹ zai³ gap¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oān-put-chè-kip

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǎnbùjìjí [Phonetic: huǎnbújìjí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǎnbùjìjí
    • Wade–Giles: huan³-pu⁴-chi⁴-chi²
    • Yale: hwǎn-bù-jì-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoanbujihjyi
    • Palladius: хуаньбуцзицзи (xuanʹbucziczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ bat¹ zai³ gap¹
    • Yale: wuhn bāt jai gāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ bat⁷ dzai³ gap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ bed¹ zei³ geb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɐi̯³³ kɐp̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oān-put-chè-kip
    • Tâi-lô: uān-put-tsè-kip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaxnputzea'kib
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡se²¹⁻⁵³ kip̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁴¹⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kip̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡se²¹⁻⁵³ kip̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan³³⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡se¹¹⁻⁵³ kip̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan³³⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡se²¹⁻⁴¹ kip̚³²/

Idiom

緩不濟急

1. (of an action or plan) to be too slow and unable to address an urgent situation