四不像
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Chinese
four | not; no | (look) like; similar (to); appearance (look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem | ||
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trad. (四不像) | 四 | 不 | 像 | |
simp. #(四不像) | 四 | 不 | 像 | |
Literally: “unlike any of the four”. |
Etymology
- "Père David's deer"
- Père David's deer are traditionally described as having "horse's face, cattle's hoof, deer's antler and donkey's tail".
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sìhbùsiàng
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ4-pu4-hsiang4
- Yale: sz̀-bù-syàng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhbushianq
- Palladius: сыбусян (sybusjan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sei3 bat1 zoeng6
- Yale: sei bāt jeuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: sei3 bat7 dzoeng6
- Guangdong Romanization: séi3 bed1 zêng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sei̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
四不像
- (informal) Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus)
- (Northeastern Mandarin) moose (Alces alces)
- (Northeastern Mandarin) reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
- (Southern China) serow (Capricornis sumatraensis)
- something that resembles many other things partly, but none of them as a whole; mixture; neither fish nor fowl
Synonyms
- (Père David's deer): 麋鹿 (mílù)
- (moose): 駝鹿/驼鹿 (tuólù)
- (reindeer): 馴鹿/驯鹿 (xùnlù)
- (serow): 鬣羚 (lièlíng), 天馬/天马 (tiānmǎ)
- (neither fish nor fowl): 不倫不類/不伦不类 (bùlúnbùlèi), 非驢非馬/非驴非马 (fēilǘfēimǎ), 不三不四 (bùsānbùsì), (Cantonese) 唔三唔四 (m4 saam1 m4 sei3)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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四 | 不 | 像 |
し Grade: 1 |
ふ Grade: 4 |
ぞう Grade: 5 |
on'yomi |
Noun
Korean
Hanja in this term | ||
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四 | 不 | 像 |
Noun
四不像 • (sabulsang) (hangeul 사불상)
- hanja form? of 사불상 (“Père David's deer”)
Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | ||
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四 | 不 | 像 |
Noun
四不像
- chữ Hán form of tứ bất tượng (“Père David's deer”).
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