不務正業

See also: 不务正业

Chinese

		not; no	affair; business; matter	one's regular job; duty; responsibilities
trad. (不務正業)		不	務	正業
simp. (不务正业)		不	务	正业

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùwùzhèngyè

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄨˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ mou⁶ zing³ jip⁶
Min Nan (POJ): put-bū-chèng-gia̍p

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùwùzhèngyè [Phonetic: búwùzhèngyè]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄨˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buwuhjenqyeh
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ mou⁶ zing³ jip⁶
  - Yale: bāt mouh jing yihp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ mou⁶ dzing³ jip⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ mou⁶ jing³ yib⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mou̯²² t͡sɪŋ³³ jiːp̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-bū-chèng-gia̍p
  - Tâi-lô: put-bū-tsìng-gia̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putbuxzeanggiap
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bu²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ giap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ bu⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ giap̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ bu²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ giap̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bu³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ giap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bu³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ giap̚⁴/

Idiom

不務正業

to not do an honest day's work; to not live by honest labor
他不務正業，天天就知道吃喝玩樂。 [MSC, trad.]
他不务正业，天天就知道吃喝玩乐。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā bùwùzhèngyè, tiāntiān jiù zhīdào chīhēwánlè. [Pinyin]
He won't do an honest day's work, and instead spends his days just having fun.
to disregard one's real occupation; to not attend to one's proper duties

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