找不著北

找不著北

See also: 找不着北

Chinese

		to be unable to find something	north
trad. (找不著北)		找不著	北
simp. (找不着北)		找不着	北
variant forms		找不到北
Literally: “can't find north”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎobùzháoběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄅㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǎobùzháoběi → zhǎobuzháoběi (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄅㄟˇ → ㄓㄠˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄠˊ ㄅㄟˇ (toneless variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaobujaurbeei
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

找不著北

1. (colloquial) to be lost and confused; to be unable to find one's direction