不成器

不成器

Chinese

		not; no	to become a useful implement; to grow up to be a talented or useful person
simp. and trad. (不成器)		不	成器

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùchéngqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sing⁴ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùchéngqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bucherngchih
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sing⁴ hei³
    • Yale: bāt sìhng hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sing⁴ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xing⁴ héi³
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ hei̯³³/

Idiom

不成器

1. (figuratively) to not grow up to be a talented or useful person

   孩子不學好不成器。 [MSC, trad.]
   孩子不学好不成器。 [MSC, simp.]

   Háizi bù xuéhǎo bùchéngqì. [Pinyin]

   Children who fail to learn from good examples will not grow up to be useful people.

Derived terms

不打不成器 (bù dǎ bù chéng qì)

玉不琢，不成器 (yù bù zhuó, bù chéng qì)