不置可否

Chinese

		not; no	to install; to place; to put	can or cannot; affirmative or negative comment
simp. and trad. (不置可否)		不	置	可否
Literally: “to not say ok or not ok”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzhìkěfǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄈㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi³ ho² fau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhìkěfǒu [Phonetic: búzhìkéfǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄈㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhìhkěfǒu
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih⁴-kʻo³-fou³
  - Yale: bù-jr̀-kě-fǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujyhkeefoou
  - Palladius: бучжикэфоу (bučžikɛfou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ foʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zi³ ho² fau²
  - Yale: bāt ji hó fáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi³ ho² fau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji³ ho² feo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³³ hɔː³⁵ fɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

不置可否

to not express an opinion; to decline to comment; to be noncommittal

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