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不禁

不禁

Chinese

		not; no; (negative prefix)	to prohibit; to forbid; endure
simp. and trad. (不禁)		不	禁

Verb

不禁

to can't help but do something
我不禁失笑。 ― Wǒ bùjīn shīxiào. ― I couldn't help laughing.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bùjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ kam¹
Min Nan (POJ): put-kìm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùjīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujin
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ kam¹
  - Yale: bāt kām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ kam¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐm⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kìm
  - Tâi-lô: put-kìm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putkixm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kim²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kim⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ kim²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kim¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kim²¹/