狗屁不通

Chinese

		dog fart; bullshit, nonsense	to be obstructed; to be unable to get through
simp. and trad. (狗屁不通)		狗屁	不通
Literally: “dog unable to fart”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǒupìbùtōng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄆㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² pei³ bat¹ tung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gǒupìbùtōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄆㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gooupihbutong
  - IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² pei³ bat¹ tung¹
  - Yale: gáu pei bāt tūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² pei³ bat⁷ tung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² péi³ bed¹ tung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ pʰei̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

狗屁不通

(figuratively, vulgar) incoherent; nonsensical;bullshit
- 已閱，狗屁不通！大字報在地上貼就行了，不要發到天上去。 [MSC, trad.]
  已阅，狗屁不通！大字报在地上贴就行了，不要发到天上去。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1926, 刘慈欣, 《三体》, page 125
  Yǐ yuè, gǒupìbùtōng! Dàzìbào zài dìshàng tiē jiù xíng le, bùyào fā dào tiānshàng qù. [Pinyin]
  Read. This is bullshit! Putting up dazibao on the ground is enough. Don't send it into space.

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