不自量力

Chinese

		not; no	from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to estimate one's own strength or ability
simp. and trad. (不自量力)		不	自	量力
anagram		自不量力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzìliànglì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄗˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi⁶ loeng⁶ lik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzìliànglì [Phonetic: búzìliànglì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùzìhliànglì
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tzŭ⁴-liang⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: bù-dz̀-lyàng-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butzyhlianqlih
    • Palladius: буцзылянли (buczyljanli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi⁶ loeng⁶ lik⁶
    • Yale: bāt jih leuhng lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi⁶ loeng⁶ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji⁶ lêng⁶ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː²² lœːŋ²² lɪk̚²/

Idiom

不自量力

1. Alternative form of 自不量力 (zìbùliànglì)

Usage notes

This form is more common in Cantonese while 自不量力 (zìbùliànglì) is more common in Mandarin.