一竅不通

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	intelligence; opening	to be obstructed; to be unable to get through; to not understand
trad. (一竅不通)		一	竅	不通
simp. (一窍不通)		一	窍	不通
Literally: “doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīqiàobùtōng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ hiu³ bat¹ tung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīqiàobùtōng [Phonetic: yíqiàobùtōng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yiciàobùtong
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-chʻiao⁴-pu⁴-tʻung¹
  - Yale: yī-chyàu-bù-tūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ichiawbutong
  - Palladius: ицяобутун (icjaobutun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ hiu³ bat¹ tung¹
  - Yale: yāt hiu bāt tūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ hiu³ bat⁷ tung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ hiu³ bed¹ tung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ hiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

一竅不通

to not understand a thing about the topic; it's all Greek to me

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