不打不成器

Chinese

		not; no	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	to not grow up to be a talented or useful person
trad. (不打不成器)		不	打	不成器
simp. #(不打不成器)		不	打	不成器

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù dǎ bù chéng qì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ daa² bat¹ sing⁴ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bù dǎ bù chéng qì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bù dǎ bù chéng cì
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴ ta³ pu⁴ chʻêng² chʻi⁴
    • Yale: bù dǎ bù chéng chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu daa bu cherng chih
    • Palladius: бу да бу чэн ци (bu da bu čɛn ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ daa² bat¹ sing⁴ hei³
    • Yale: bāt dá bāt sìhng hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ daa² bat⁷ sing⁴ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ da² bed¹ xing⁴ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ taː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ hei̯³³/

Proverb

不打不成器

1. spare the rod and spoil the child