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Definition 2024

不妙

不妙

Chinese

		not; no; (negative prefix)	clever; wonderful
simp. and trad. (不妙)		不	妙

Adjective

不妙

not good; anything but reassuring

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bùmiào

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ miu⁶
Min Nan (POJ): put-biāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùmiào [Phonetic: búmiào]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bumiaw
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ miu⁶
  - Yale: bāt miuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ miu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ miːu̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-biāu
  - Tâi-lô: put-biāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putbiau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ biaʊ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ biaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ biaʊ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ biaʊ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ biaʊ³³/