半桶水

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	pail; bucket; bin pail; bucket; bin; barrel	water; river
simp. and trad. (半桶水)		半	桶	水
Literally: “half a bucket of water”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàntǒngshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ tung² seoi²
Min Nan (POJ): pòaⁿ-tháng-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bàntǒngshuǐ [Phonetic: bàntóngshuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntoongshoei
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàntǒngshuěi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ tung² seoi²
  - Yale: bun túng séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ tung² soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ tung² sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ tʰʊŋ³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-tháng-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-tháng-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoartafngzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/

Adjective

半桶水

(colloquial, of one's skills, knowledge, etc.) limited

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