不同

Chinese

		(negative prefix); not; no	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with
simp. and trad. (不同)		不	同

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùtóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ tung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùtóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butongr
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ tung⁴
    • Yale: bāt tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ tung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹/

Adjective

不同

1. not alike; different; distinct; diverse; dissimilar

Noun

不同

1. disparity

Synonyms

• 差別／差别 (chābié)
• 差額／差额 (chā'é)
• 差分 (chāfēn)
• 差異／差异 (chāyì)
• 分別／分别 (fēnbié)
• 分歧 (fēnqí)
• 區別／区别 (qūbié)

Verb

不同

1. to differ; to disagree

Related terms

• 不一樣／不一样

See also

• (Min Nan) 無仝／无仝 (bô-kâng)
• (Cantonese) 唔同

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	同
ふ Grade: 4	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 不 (フ, fu) meaning "not" + 同 (ドウ, dō), from 同じ (おなじ, onaji) meaning "same".

Noun

不同 (hiragana ふどう, romaji fudō)

1. difference, irregularity, inequality
2. diversity

Derived terms

• 順序不同 (じゅんじょふどう, junjo-fudō) - not sorted
• 順不同 (じゅんふどう, junfudō) - not sorted