不妙

Chinese

		not; no	clever; wonderful
trad. (不妙)		不	妙
simp. ^#(不妙)		不	妙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùmiào

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ miu⁶
Min Nan (POJ): put-biāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùmiào [Phonetic: búmiào]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùmiào
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-miao⁴
  - Yale: bù-myàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bumiaw
  - Palladius: бумяо (bumjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ mjɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ miu⁶
  - Yale: bāt miuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ miu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ miu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ miːu̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-biāu
  - Tâi-lô: put-biāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putbiau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ biau²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ biau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ biau²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ biau³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ biau³³/

Adjective

不妙

(chiefly of a situation) not good; not going well; not encouraging; anything but reassuring; bad
現在情況很不妙。／现在情况很不妙。 ― Xiànzài qíngkuàng hěn bùmiào. ― The situation is very bad now.

Synonyms

Synonyms of 不妙

不善 (bùshàn)
不好 (bùhǎo)
不腆 (bùtiǎn) (Classical Chinese, self-depreciatory)
了丁 (Min Nan)
低下 (dīxià)
低劣 (dīliè)
低路 (Min Nan)
劣 (liè) (literary, or in compounds)
垃圾 (lājī) (colloquial)
屎 (Cantonese)
差 (chà)
拙劣 (zhuōliè)

欠佳 (qiànjiā)
水皮 (shuǐpí) (Cantonese)
潮 (cháo) (colloquial, of quality or technique)
破 (pò) (colloquial)
鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)
不怎麼樣／不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng)
不濟／不济 (bùjì)
差勁／差劲 (chàjìn) (colloquial)
差氣／差气 (Min Nan)
無良／无良 (wúliáng) (formal)
蹩腳／蹩脚 (biéjiǎo)

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