不可

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùkě

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ho²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-khó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-khó / put-khóⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùkě
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùkě
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻo³
    • Yale: bù-kě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukee
    • Palladius: букэ (bukɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ho²
    • Yale: bāt hó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ho²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ho²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-khó
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` ko`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ ko³
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² kʰo³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-khó
    • Tâi-lô: put-khó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putqoir
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-khóⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: put-khónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putqvor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

不可

1. cannot

   有權不可任性。／有权不可任性。  ―  Yǒuquán bùkě rènxìng.  ―  Those who have power cannot be wilful. (Power is not to be used arbitrarily.)

2. should not; must not

Related terms

• 叵 (pǒ)

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(ふ)可(か) • (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.
• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN