不形於色

See also: 不形于色

Chinese

		to not take shape	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (不形於色)		不形	於	色
simp. (不形于色)		不形	于	色
Literally: “not take shape on one's countenance”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùxíngyúsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄩˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jing⁴ jyu¹ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùxíngyúsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄩˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsíngyúsè
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsing²-yü²-sê⁴
    • Yale: bù-syíng-yú-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushyngyuseh
    • Palladius: бусинъюйсэ (businʺjujsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ y³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ jing⁴ jyu¹ sik¹
    • Yale: bāt yìhng yū sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jing⁴ jy¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ying⁴ yu¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jɪŋ²¹ jyː⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

不形於色

1. one's facial expression does not reveal any emotion; to not reveal any emotion on one's face

Derived terms

• 喜怒不形於色／喜怒不形于色 (xǐ nù bùxíngyúsè)