不足為奇

Chinese

		insufficient; inadequate; lacking insufficient; inadequate; lacking; inadequacy; deficiency; dearth; shortage; want; lack; not enough	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)
trad. (不足為奇/不足爲奇)		不足	為/爲	奇
simp. (不足为奇)		不足	为	奇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzúwéiqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zuk¹ wai⁴ kei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-chiok-ûi-kî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzúwéiqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùzúwéicí
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tsu²-wei²-chʻi²
    • Yale: bù-dzú-wéi-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butzwuweichyi
    • Palladius: буцзувэйци (buczuvɛjci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zuk¹ wai⁴ kei⁴
    • Yale: bāt jūk wàih kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzuk⁷ wai⁴ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zug¹ wei⁴ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chiok-ûi-kî
    • Tâi-lô: put-tsiok-uî-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putciok'ui'kii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡siɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ui²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁵ ui¹³⁻²² ki¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ui²³⁻³³ ki²³/

Idiom

不足為奇

1. to be commonplace and not at all surprising

   他的叛變是有來歷的，不足為奇。 [MSC, trad.]
   他的叛变是有来历的，不足为奇。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de pànbiàn shì yǒu láilì de, bùzúwéiqí. [Pinyin]

   He has history. That he defected is not at all surprising.

Synonyms

• 不足為怪／不足为怪 (bùzúwéiguài)