說不清

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	not; no	clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure
trad. (說不清)		說	不	清
simp. (说不清)		说	不	清

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuōbùqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ bat¹ cing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuōbùqīng → shuōbuqīng (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ → ㄕㄨㄛ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧㄥ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuobůcing
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹-pu⁵-chʻing¹
    • Yale: shwō-bu-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuobuching
    • Palladius: шобуцин (šobucin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/ → /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ b̥u² t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ bat¹ cing¹
    • Yale: syut bāt chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ bat⁷ tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ bed¹ qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

說不清

1. to be unable to speak clearly
2. to speak unclearly

Derived terms

• 秀才遇到兵——有理說不清 / 秀才遇到兵——有理说不清 (xiùcái yùdào bīng, yǒulǐ shuōbùqīng)