不學無術

Chinese

		not; no	learn; study; science learn; study; science; ‑ology	not have	method; technique
trad. (不學無術)		不	學	無	術
simp. (不学无术)		不	学	无	术

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùxuéwúshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄨˊ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ hok⁶ mou⁴ seot⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùxuéwúshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄨˊ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsyuéwúshù
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsüeh²-wu²-shu⁴
    • Yale: bù-sywé-wú-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushyuewushuh
    • Palladius: бусюэушу (busjueušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ u³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ hok⁶ mou⁴ seot⁶
    • Yale: bāt hohk mòuh seuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ hok⁹ mou⁴ soet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ hog⁶ mou⁴ sêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔːk̚² mou̯²¹ sɵt̚²/

Idiom

不學無術

1. to be tactless due to the lack of knowledge; without learning or skills; to be not keen on learning anything