不打不成器

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Chinese

		not; no	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	to not grow up to be a talented or useful person
trad. (不打不成器)		不	打	不成器
simp. ^#(不打不成器)		不	打	不成器

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bù dǎ bù chéng qì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ daa² bat¹ sing⁴ hei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bù dǎ bù chéng cì
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴ ta³ pu⁴ chʻêng² chʻi⁴
  - Yale: bù dǎ bù chéng chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu daa bu cherng chih
  - Palladius: бу да бу чэн ци (bu da bu čɛn ci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ daa² bat¹ sing⁴ hei³
  - Yale: bāt dá bāt sìhng hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ daa² bat⁷ sing⁴ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ da² bed¹ xing⁴ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ taː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ hei̯³³/

Proverb

不打不成器

spare the rod and spoil the child

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