不聽不聽，王八念經

Chinese
not; no
 
let; allow; listen
let; allow; listen; hear; obey
 not; no
 
let; allow; listen
let; allow; listen; hear; obey
 tortoise; turtle; cuckold to chant or recite sutras
trad. (不聽不聽，王八念經) 不 聽 不 聽 ， 王八 念經
simp. (不听不听，王八念经) 不 听 不 听 ， 王八 念经
Literally: “I'm not listening, I'm not listening, the tortoise is chanting sutras”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bù tīng bù tīng, wángba niànjīng, bù tīng bù tīng, wángbā niànjīng
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ , ㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ , ㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄚ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: bù tīng bù tīng, wángba niànjīng
      • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ , ㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: bù ting bù ting, wángbå niànjing
      • Wade–Giles: pu4 tʻing1 pu4 tʻing1, wang2-pa5 nien4-ching1
      • Yale: bù tīng bù tīng-, wáng-ba nyàn-jīng
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu ting bu ting, wangba niannjing
      • Palladius: бу тин бу тин, ванба няньцзин (bu tin bu tin, vanba njanʹczin)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ b̥ä³ ni̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
    • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: bù tīng bù tīng, wángbā niànjīng
      • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ , ㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄚ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: bù ting bù ting, wángba niànjing
      • Wade–Giles: pu4 tʻing1 pu4 tʻing1, wang2-pa1 nien4-ching1
      • Yale: bù tīng bù tīng-, wáng-bā nyàn-jīng
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu ting bu ting, wangba niannjing
      • Palladius: бу тин бу тин, ванба няньцзин (bu tin bu tin, vanba njanʹczin)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ pä⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

Interjection

不聽不聽，王八念經

  1. (slang) An interjection used when making oneself ignore someone else's words.
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