不得不

Chinese

		must not; should not; not be allowed	not; no; (negative prefix)
simp. and trad. (不得不)		不得	不

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùdébù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dak¹ bat¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-tet-put
• Min Nan (POJ): put-tiak-put / put-tek-put

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùdébù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buderbu
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ dak¹ bat¹
    • Yale: bāt dāk bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dak⁷ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ deg¹ bed¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-tet-put
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` ded` bud`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ ded⁵ bud⁵
    • IPA: /put̚² tet̚² put̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tiak-put
    • Tâi-lô: put-tiak-put
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putdiakpud
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ put̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tek-put
    • Tâi-lô: put-tik-put
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putdekpud
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ put̚³²/

Verb

不得不

1. have no choice but to; cannot but; have to

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 局不局