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不得已
不得已
Chinese
| not; no; (negative prefix) | get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
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already; to stop; then; afterwards
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simp. and trad. (不得已) |
不 | 得 | 已 | |
Adverb
不得已
Synonyms
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-tet-yí
- Min Nan (POJ): put-tek-í / put-tiak-í / put-tit-í
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buderyii
- IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bat1 dak1 ji5
- Yale: bāt dāk yíh
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 dak7 ji5
- IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: but1 dak1 yi4*
- IPA (key): /put̚³³ tak̚³³ ʒi²¹⁻²¹⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-tet-yí
- Hakka Romanization System: bud` ded` i`
- Hagfa Pinyim: bud5 ded5 yi3
- IPA: /put̚² tet̚² i³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-tet-yí
- Hakka Romanization System: bud` ded` (r)i`
- Hagfa Pinyim: bud5 ded5 yi3
- IPA: /put̚² tet̚² (j)i³¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tek-í
- Tâi-lô: put-tik-í
- Phofsit Daibuun: putdek'ie
- IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i⁵³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ i⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tiak-í
- Tâi-lô: put-tiak-í
- Phofsit Daibuun: putdiak'ie
- IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tit-í
- Tâi-lô: put-tit-í
- Phofsit Daibuun: putdit'ie
- IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ i⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ i⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)