不務正業

See also: 不务正业

Chinese

		not; no	affair; business; matter	one's regular job; duty; responsibilities
trad. (不務正業)		不	務	正業
simp. (不务正业)		不	务	正业

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùwùzhèngyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄨˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ mou⁶ zing³ jip⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-bū-chèng-gia̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùwùzhèngyè [Phonetic: búwùzhèngyè]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄨˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùwùjhèngyè
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-wu⁴-chêng⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: bù-wù-jèng-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buwuhjenqyeh
    • Palladius: буучжэнъе (buučžɛnʺje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ mou⁶ zing³ jip⁶
    • Yale: bāt mouh jing yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ mou⁶ dzing³ jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ mou⁶ jing³ yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mou̯²² t͡sɪŋ³³ jiːp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-bū-chèng-gia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: put-bū-tsìng-gia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putbuxzeanggiap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bu²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ bu⁴¹⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡiap̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ bu²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bu³³⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡiap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ bu³³⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡiap̚⁴/

Idiom

不務正業

1. to not do an honest day's work; to not live by honest labor

   他不務正業，天天就知道吃喝玩樂。 [MSC, trad.]
   他不务正业，天天就知道吃喝玩乐。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā bùwùzhèngyè, tiāntiān jiù zhīdào chīhēwánlè. [Pinyin]

   He won't do an honest day's work, and instead spends his days just having fun.

2. to disregard one's real occupation; to not attend to one's proper duties