局不局

Chinese

		situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office	not; no	situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office
simp. and trad. (局不局)		局	不	局

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kio̍k-put-kio̍k

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kio̍k-put-kio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kio̍k-put-kio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiogputkiok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² put̚³²⁻⁴ kiɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔk̚²⁴⁻² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ kiɔk̚¹²¹/

Verb

局不局

1. (Southern Min) have no choice but to; cannot but; have to

Synonyms

• 不得不 (bùdébù)