沒出息

Chinese

		have not; drowned; to end have not; drowned; to end; to die; to inundate	prospects; promise; future prospects; promise; future; having prospects; holding promise
trad. (沒出息)		沒	出息
simp. (没出息)		没	出息

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méi chūxi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄔㄨ ˙ㄒㄧ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méi chūxi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄔㄨ ˙ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méi chusi̊
  - Wade–Giles: mei² chʻu¹-hsi⁵
  - Yale: méi chū-syi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei chu.shi
  - Palladius: мэй чуси (mɛj čusi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕi²/

Verb

沒出息

(idiomatic) to show no promise; to be good-for-nothing
- 這可又是胡說，就算你是個沒出息的，終老在這裡，難道他姊妹們都不出門的。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  这可又是胡说，就算你是个没出息的，终老在这里，难道他姊妹们都不出门的。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE
  Zhè kě yòushì húshuō, jiùsuàn nǐ shì ge méichūxī de, zhōnglǎo zài zhèlǐ, nándào tā zǐmèi men dōu bù chūmén de. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 你越讀書越沒出息，索性弄到滅門之禍了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  你越读书越没出息，索性弄到灭门之祸了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 《文明小史》第二六回
  Nǐ yuè dúshū yuè méichūxī, suǒxìng nòng dào mièmén zhī huò le. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 抾捔