阿里不答

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	li, a Chinese unit of length	not; no	reply; answer; return reply; answer; return; respond; echo; to answer; agree
trad. (阿里不答)		阿	里	不	答
simp. #(阿里不答)		阿	里	不	答

Etymology

Compare 阿里不達.

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): â-lî-put-tap

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-lî-put-tap
    • Hakka Romanization System: a^ˊ li^ˊ bud^ˋ dab^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ li¹ bud⁵ dab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /a²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴ put̚² tap̚²/

Adjective

阿里不答

1. (Hakka) neither this nor that; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript

See also

• 不三不四 (bùsānbùsì)
• 不倫不類／不伦不类 (bùlúnbùlèi)
• 四不像 (sìbùxiàng)
• 非驢非馬／非驴非马 (fēilǘfēimǎ)
• (Cantonese, Teochew) 唔三唔四
• (Hakka) 不褡不膝
• (Hokkien) 不三似兩／不三似两, 毋成三兩／毋成三两, 不八不七, 不答不七, 阿里不達, 不顛不戒／不颠不戒