不巧

Chinese

		not; no	opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skilful; timely
simp. and trad. (不巧)		不	巧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùqiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ haau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùqiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùciǎo
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chʻiao³
  - Yale: bù-chyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bucheau
  - Palladius: буцяо (bucjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ haau²
  - Yale: bāt háau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ haau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ hao²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ haːu̯³⁵/

Adjective

不巧

at a bad time

Adverb

不巧

as luck would have it; unfortunately; too bad

Synonyms

不幸 (bùxìng)
(Cantonese) 弊在
(Hokkien) 無拄好／无拄好, 𣍐拄好／𫧃拄好, 毋拄好

Derived terms

好巧不巧 (hǎoqiǎobùqiǎo)

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