不第

Chinese

		not; no	(ordinal prefix); ‑th; rank
trad. (不第)		不	第
simp. #(不第)		不	第

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùdì [Phonetic: búdì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùdì
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: bù-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budih
    • Palladius: буди (budi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ti⁵¹/

Adjective

不第

1. (historical, of imperial examination) failed

   不第舉子／不第举子  ―  bùdì jǔzǐ  ―  a candidate who has failed the imperial civil examination

   屢試不第／屡试不第  ―  lǚ shì bùdì  ―  failed an exam every time over and over again

Conjunction

不第

1. (literary) not only

Synonyms

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• 不但 (bùdàn)
• 不僅 / 不仅 (bùjǐn)
• 不光 (bùguāng)
• 不只 (bùzhǐ)
• 不單 / 不单 (bùdān)
• 不惟 (bùwéi) (literary)
• 不止 (bùzhǐ)
• 不特 (bùtè) (literary)
• 不獨 / 不独 (bùdú)
• 不直 (bùzhí) (literary)
• 不論 / 不论 (bùlùn) (literary)
• 伓止 (ēng-cǐ) (Northern Min, Hokkien)
• 勿僅 / 勿仅 (⁸veq-jin) (Wu)
• 勿僅僅 / 勿仅仅 (⁸veq-jin-jin) (Wu)
• 勿光 (⁸veq-kuaon) (Wu)
• 唔只 (m⁴ zi²) (Cantonese)
• 唔單 / 唔单 (m⁶ duan¹) (Teochew)
• 唔單只 / 唔单只 (m⁴ daan¹ zi²) (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 唔淨只 / 唔净只 (m⁴ zing⁶ zi²) (Cantonese)
• 毋但 (Hokkien)
• 豈但 / 岂但 (qǐdàn) (literary)
• 非但 (fēidàn)
• 非獨 / 非独 (fēidú)
• 非論 / 非论 (fēilùn) (literary)