不成文

Chinese

		not; no	in written form; statutory
simp. and trad. (不成文)		不	成文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùchéngwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sing⁴ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùchéngwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùchéngwún
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻêng²-wên²
    • Yale: bù-chéng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bucherngwen
    • Palladius: бучэнвэнь (bučɛnvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sing⁴ man⁴
    • Yale: bāt sìhng màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sing⁴ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xing⁴ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/

Adjective

不成文

1. (attributive) unwritten; conventional; customary; implied

Derived terms

• 不成文法 (bùchéngwénfǎ)