不可

Chinese

		not; no; (negative prefix)	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
simp. and trad. (不可)		不	可

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùkě

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ho²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-khó
• Min Nan (POJ): put-khó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùkě
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukee
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ho²
    • Yale: bāt hó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ho²
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-khó
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` ko`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ ko³
    • IPA: /put̚² kʰo³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-khó
    • Tâi-lô: put-khó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putqoir
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰɤ⁵³/

Verb

不可

1. cannot
2. should not; must not

Derived terms

• 非……不可 (fēi ... bùkě)
• 不可避免 (bùkěbìmiǎn)
• 不可開交／不可开交 (bùkěkāijiāo)
• 不可抗拒 (bùkěkàngjù)
• 不可抗力 (bùkěkànglì)
• 不可思議／不可思议 (bùkěsīyì)
• 不可限量 (bùkěxiànliàng)
• 不可言喻 (bùkěyányù)

See also

• 不可能 (bùkěnéng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	可
ふ Grade: 4	か Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

The prefix 不 +‎ 可.

Noun

不可 ‎(hiragana ふか, romaji fuka)

1. being bad or unacceptable
2. a failing grade on a test

Antonyms

• 可 (か) ‎(ka)

Related terms

• 不可能 (ふかのう) ‎(fukanō), 不能 (ふのう) ‎(funō)
• 可能 (かのう) ‎(kanō)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.
• 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112