不是東西

Chinese

		to not be	thing
trad. (不是東西)		不是	東西
simp. (不是东西)		不是	东西

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùshì dōngxi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ˙ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ si⁶ dung¹ sai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùshì dōngxi [Phonetic: búshì dōngxi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ˙ㄒㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushyh dong.shi
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ si⁶ dung¹ sai¹
  - Yale: bāt sih dūng sāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ si⁶ dung¹ sai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xi⁶ dung¹ sei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ siː²² tʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

不是東西

(colloquial, insult, derogatory, slang, idiomatic) to be a contemptible person; to be worthless

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 袂躄, 袂箍躄

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