不成

Chinese

		not; no	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
simp. and trad. (不成)		不	成

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùchéng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻêng²
    • Yale: bù-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bucherng
    • Palladius: бучэн (bučɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 不成 布城

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: bāt sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Verb

不成

1. (literary) to not form; to not constitute

Adjective

不成

1. (literary) unsuccessful
2. (colloquial) inadequate; unacceptable

Particle

不成

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   • 對。我是有一個姓魏的表親。那又怎麼樣？難道我王家不能有親戚了不成？ [MSC, trad.]
     对。我是有一个姓魏的表亲。那又怎么样？难道我王家不能有亲戚了不成？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2001, Chiung Yao, 情深深雨濛濛, episode 38 (Mainland version)

     Duì. Wǒ shì yǒu yī ge xìng Wèi de biǎoqīn. Nà yòu zěnmeyàng? Nándào wǒ Wáng jiā bùnéng yǒu qīnqi le bùchéng? [Pinyin]

     Right. I do have a biaoqin relative surnamed Wei. So what? Can't my Wang family have relatives?

Derived terms

• 不成比例 (bùchéngbǐlì)
• 不成體統／不成体统 (bùchéngtǐtǒng)
• 畫虎不成反類犬／画虎不成反类犬 (huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi quǎn)
• 難不成／难不成