不知分寸

不知分寸

Chinese

		to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of; to wonder if	fen and cun, two ancient Chinese units of length
simp. and trad. (不知分寸)		不知	分寸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhīfēncùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄈㄣ ㄘㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ fan¹ cyun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùzhīfēncùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄈㄣ ㄘㄨㄣˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujyfentsuenn
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ fan¹ cyun³
    • Yale: bāt jī fān chyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ fan¹ tsyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ fen¹ qun³
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰyːn³³/

Idiom

不知分寸

1. to lack tact; to have no sense of propriety