不擇手段

Chinese

		not; no	pick over; to select; to choose pick over; to select; to choose; to pick	procedure; method; means procedure; method; means; skill; ability; technique
trad. (不擇手段)		不	擇	手段
simp. (不择手段)		不	择	手段

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzéshǒuduàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zaak⁶ sau² dyun⁶
Min Nan (POJ): put-te̍k-chhiú-tōaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùzéshǒuduàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4tzershoouduann
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tu̯a̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zaak⁶ sau² dyun⁶
  - Yale: bāt jaahk sáu dyuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzaak⁹ sau² dyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zag⁶ seo² dün⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɑːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵ tyːn²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-te̍k-chhiú-tōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: put-ti̍k-tshiú-tuānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putdegchiw'dvoa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tuã³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã³³/

Idiom

不擇手段

(pejorative) to take any measures to do something; to stop at nothing; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously

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