不名一文

Chinese

		not; no	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (不名一文)		不	名	一	文
simp. #(不名一文)		不	名	一	文
Literally: “without a penny to one's name”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùmíngyīwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ming⁴ jat¹ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùmíngyīwén [Phonetic: bùmíngyìwén]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùmíngyiwún
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-ming²-i¹-wên²
    • Yale: bù-míng-yī-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bumingiwen
    • Palladius: буминъивэнь (buminʺivɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ming⁴ jat¹ man⁴
    • Yale: bāt mìhng yāt màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ming⁴ jat⁷ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ming⁴ yed¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ mɐn²¹/

Idiom

不名一文

1. penniless; broke

Synonyms

• 不名一錢／不名一钱 (bùmíngyīqián)