不過爾爾

Chinese

		only; merely; extremely	so-so
trad. (不過爾爾)		不過	爾爾
simp. (不过尔尔)		不过	尔尔
Literally: “not better than that”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùguò'ěr'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄦˇ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gwo³ ji⁵ ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùguò'ěr'ěr [Phonetic: búguòérěr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄦˇ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùguò-ěr-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kuo⁴-êrh³-êrh³
    • Yale: bù-gwò-ěr-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buguoheeleel
    • Palladius: бугоэрэр (bugoerɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gwo³ ji⁵ ji⁵
    • Yale: bāt gwo yíh yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gwo³ ji⁵ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ guo³ yi⁵ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʷɔː³³ jiː¹³ jiː¹³/

Idiom

不過爾爾

1. just so-so; mediocre; just middling