蹩腳

See also: 蹩脚

Chinese

		limp	role; foot; base
trad. (蹩腳)		蹩	腳
simp. (蹩脚)		蹩	脚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biéjiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit⁶ goek³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸biq-ciaq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biéjiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biéjiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pieh²-chiao³
    • Yale: byé-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byejeau
    • Palladius: бецзяо (beczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bit⁶ goek³
    • Yale: biht geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁹ goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid⁶ gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚² kœːk̚³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸biq-ciaq
    • MiniDict: bih^入 ciah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵biq-jiaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /biɪʔ¹¹ t͡ɕiaʔ²³/

Adjective

蹩腳

1. (of a person) incompetent; amateurish; (of a task or a skill) shoddy; unrefined; inferior

   說蹩腳漢語／说蹩脚汉语  ―  shuō biéjiǎo Hànyǔ  ―  to speak terrible Chinese

Synonyms

• 不善 (bùshàn)
• 不好
• 不妙 (bùmiào)
• 不怎麼樣／不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng)
• 不濟／不济 (bùjì)
• 不腆 (bùtiǎn) (Classical Chinese, self-deprecatory)
• 了丁 (Min Nan)
• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低劣 (dīliè)
• 低路 (Min Nan)
• 劣 (literary, or in compounds)
• 垃圾 (lājī) (colloquial)
• 屎 (Cantonese)
• 差 (chà)
• 差勁／差劲 (chàjìn) (colloquial)
• 差氣／差气 (Hokkien)
• 拙劣 (zhuōliè)
• 推扳 (¹the-pe) (Shanghainese)
• 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 欠佳 (qiànjiā)
• 水皮 (seoi² pei⁴) (Cantonese)
• 潮 (cháo) (colloquial, of quality or technique)
• 無良／无良 (wúliáng) (formal)
• 破 (pò) (colloquial)
• 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)