不明不白

Chinese

		not; no	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	not; no	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (不明不白)		不	明	不	白
Built on 明白 (míngbai).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùmíngbùbái

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ming⁴ bat¹ baak⁶
Min Nan (POJ): put-bêng-put-pe̍h

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùmíngbùbái
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄞˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4mingbu4bair
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ ming⁴ bat¹ baak⁶
  - Yale: bāt mìhng bāt baahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ming⁴ bat⁷ baak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ming⁴ bed¹ bag⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ pɑːk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-bêng-put-pe̍h
  - Tâi-lô: put-bîng-put-pe̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putbengputpeh
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ peʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ peʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ peʔ⁴/

Idiom

不明不白

unclear; vague; ambiguous
without a clear reason; for no reason; unjustly
shady; of an unclear source

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