不冷不熱
Chinese
| not; no | cold | not; no | heat; to heat up; fervent heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (不冷不熱) | 不 | 冷 | 不 | 熱 | |
| simp. (不冷不热) | 不 | 冷 | 不 | 热 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bùlěngbùrè [Phonetic: bùlěngbúrè]
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùlěngbùrè
- Wade–Giles: pu4-lêng3-pu4-jê4
- Yale: bù-lěng-bù-rè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buleengbureh
- Palladius: булэнбужэ (bulɛnbužɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 laang5 bat1 jit6
- Yale: bāt láahng bāt yiht
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 laang5 bat7 jit9
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 lang5 bed1 yid6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ laːŋ¹³ pɐt̚⁵ jiːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
不冷不熱
- lukewarm; tepid
- (of weather) mild; temperate
- neither familiar nor distant; keeping at arm's length (of a relationship with someone)