驢脣不對馬嘴

See also: 驴唇不对马嘴 and 驢唇不對馬嘴

Chinese

		donkey	lip	not; no	couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards something); right	horse; surname	mouth
trad. (驢脣不對馬嘴/驢唇不對馬嘴)		驢	脣/唇	不	對	馬	嘴
simp. (驴唇不对马嘴)		驴	唇	不	对	马	嘴
Literally: “a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǘchún bù duì mǎzuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǘchún bù duì mǎzuǐ [Phonetic: lǘchúnbúduìmázuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyúchún bù duèi mǎzuěi
    • Wade–Giles: lü²-chʻun² pu⁴ tui⁴ ma³-tsui³
    • Yale: lyú-chwún bù dwèi mǎ-dzwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuchwen bu duey maatzoei
    • Palladius: люйчунь бу дуй мацзуй (ljujčunʹ bu duj maczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

驢脣不對馬嘴

1. the answer is totally irrelevant to the question; a square peg cannot fit into a round hole; to be beside the point

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 驢脣不對馬嘴 (“to be irrelevant or incongruous”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		驢脣不對馬嘴, 驢頭不對馬嘴, 牛頭不對馬嘴
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	牛頭不對馬嘴
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	驢脣不對馬嘴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	六不答對
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔挐更
	Hong Kong	牛頭唔搭馬嘴, 唔挐更
Hakka	Meixian	牛頭唔對馬嘴, 話三唔話兩, 唔對路
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豬哥搭狗𡳞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	豬哥搭狗𡳞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豬哥搭狗𡳞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	豬哥搭狗𡳞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	豬哥搭狗𡳞
Southern Min	Shantou	牛頭唔對馬喙