冥頑不靈

Chinese

		dark; deep	mischievous; obstinate; to play mischievous; obstinate; to play; stupid; stubborn; naughty	not; no	alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence
trad. (冥頑不靈)		冥	頑	不	靈
simp. (冥顽不灵)		冥	顽	不	灵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngwánbùlíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁵ waan⁴ bat¹ ling⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngwánbùlíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngwánbùlíng
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-wan²-pu⁴-ling²
    • Yale: míng-wán-bù-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingwanbuling
    • Palladius: минваньбулин (minvanʹbulin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ wän³⁵ pu⁵¹ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁵ waan⁴ bat¹ ling⁴
    • Yale: míhng wàahn bāt lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁵ waan⁴ bat⁷ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁵ wan⁴ bed¹ ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ¹³ waːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ lɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

冥頑不靈

1. obstinate and ignorant; stubborn and benighted