五音不全

五音不全

Chinese

		the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale	incomplete; partial; imperfect incomplete; partial; imperfect; incompletely; not all
simp. and trad. (五音不全)		五音	不全

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔyīnbùquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ jam¹ bat¹ cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wǔyīnbùquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuinbuchyuan
    • IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ in⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ jam¹ bat¹ cyun⁴
    • Yale: ńgh yām bāt chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ jam¹ bat⁷ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ yem¹ bed¹ qun⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ jɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡ʃʰyːn²¹/

Idiom

五音不全

1. to be tone-deaf; can't carry a tune