四不像

Chinese

		four	not; no	(look) like; similar (to); appearance (look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem
trad. (四不像)		四	不	像
simp. ^#(四不像)		四	不	像

Etymology

Literally, "unlike any of the four".

"elaphure": Elaphures are traditionally described as having "horse's face, cattle's hoof, deer's antler and donkey's tail".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìbùxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìbùxiàng [Phonetic: sìbúxiàng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhbùsiàng
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-pu⁴-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: sz̀-bù-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhbushianq
  - Palladius: сыбусян (sybusjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

Noun

四不像

(informal) Père David's deer; elaphure
something that resembles many other things partly, but none of them as a whole; mixture; neither fish nor fowl

See also

不倫不類／不伦不类 (bùlúnbùlèi), 非驢非馬／非驴非马 (fēilǘfēimǎ), 不三不四 (bùsānbùsì)
(Cantonese) 唔三唔四

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	不	像
し Grade: 1	ふ Grade: 4	ぞう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

四(し)不(ふ)像(ぞう) • (shifuzō)

Père David's deer

Korean

Hanja in this term
四	不	像

Noun

四不像 • (sabulsang) (hangeul 사불상)

Hanja form^? of 사불상 (“Père David's deer”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
四	不	像

Noun

四不像

chữ Hán form of tứ bất tượng (“Père David's deer”).

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