偷雞不著蝕把米

Chinese

		to bluff	to need not; to not need	eat up slowly; eclipse	handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of	rice; metre
trad. (偷雞不著蝕把米/偷鷄不著蝕把米)		偷雞/偷鷄	不著	蝕	把	米
simp. (偷鸡不着蚀把米)		偷鸡	不着	蚀	把	米

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōu jī bùzháo shí bǎ mǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚˇ ㄇㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōu jī bùzháo shí bǎ mǐ [Phonetic: tōujībùzháoshíbámǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚˇ ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tou ji bùjháo shíh bǎ mǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou¹ chi¹ pu⁴-chao² shih² pa³ mi³
    • Yale: tōu jī bù-jáu shŕ bǎ mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tou ji bujaur shyr baa mii
    • Palladius: тоу цзи бучжао ши ба ми (tou czi bučžao ši ba mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

偷雞不著蝕把米

1. Synonym of 偷雞不成蝕把米／偷鸡不成蚀把米 (tōu jī bùchéng shí bǎ mǐ)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 偷雞不成蝕把米 (“to try to gain an advantage, only to end up worse off and suffer losses”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		偷雞不成蝕把米, 偷雞不著蝕把米
Cantonese	Guangzhou	偷雞唔到蝕揸米, 偷雞唔到蝕把米
	Hong Kong	偷雞唔到蝕揸米