不枝不蔓

Chinese

		not; no	branch; (a measure word)	not; no	creeper; to spread; Brassica campestris
trad. (不枝不蔓)		不	枝	不	蔓
simp. #(不枝不蔓)		不	枝	不	蔓
Literally: “neither branching out nor spreading about”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhībùmàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi¹ bat¹ maan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhībùmàn [Phonetic: bùzhībúmàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhihbùmàn
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih¹-pu⁴-man⁴
    • Yale: bù-jr̄-bù-màn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujybumann
    • Palladius: бучжибумань (bučžibumanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ män⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi¹ bat¹ maan⁶
    • Yale: bāt jī bāt maahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi¹ bat⁷ maan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji¹ bed¹ man⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ maːn²²/

Idiom

不枝不蔓

1. Synonym of 不蔓不枝 (bùmànbùzhī, “succinct and to the point; written in a pithy and smooth style; concise (of an article, speech, etc.)”)