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功不可沒

功不可沒

See also: 功不可没

Chinese

		merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	cannot	drowned; to end; to die drowned; to end; to die; to inundate; (negative prefix for verbs); have not; not
trad. (功不可沒)		功	不可	沒
simp. (功不可没)		功	不可	没

Idiom

功不可沒

one's contributions cannot go unnoticed

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gōngbùkěmò

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄇㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ bat¹ ho² mut⁶
Min Nan (POJ): kong-put-khó-bu̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gōngbùkěmò
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄇㄛˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongbukeemoh
  - IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ bat¹ ho² mut⁶
  - Yale: gūng bāt hó muht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ bat⁷ ho² mut⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ muːt̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-put-khó-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: kong-put-khó-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongputqoy'but
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ but̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ but̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ but̚⁴/