不得已

Chinese

		must not; should not; not be allowed must not; should not; not be allowed; to not receive	already; to stop; then already; to stop; then; afterwards
simp. and trad. (不得已)		不得	已

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùdéyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bat¹ dak¹ ji⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): but¹ dak¹ yi^4*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-tet-yí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-tek-í / put-tiak-í / put-tit-í

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùdéyǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùdéyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tê²-i³
    • Yale: bù-dé-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buderyii
    • Palladius: будэи (budɛi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ dak¹ ji⁵
    • Yale: bāt dāk yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dak⁷ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ deg¹ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: but¹ dak¹ yi^4*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /put̚³³ tak̚³³ ji²¹⁻²¹⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-tet-yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` ded` i`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud<sup>5</sup> ded<sup>5</sup> yi<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² tet̚² i³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-tet-yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` ded` (r)i`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ ded⁵ yi³
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² tet̚² (j)i³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tek-í
    • Tâi-lô: put-tik-í
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putdek'ie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ i⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tiak-í
    • Tâi-lô: put-tiak-í
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putdiak'ie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tit-í
    • Tâi-lô: put-tit-í
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putdit'ie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ i⁵³/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 不得已

1. having no alternative but to; acting against one's will; having to; imperative

Synonyms

• (archaic) 不獲已／不获已 (bùhuòyǐ)
• 無奈／无奈 (wúnài)
• (Min Nan) 姑不將／姑不将

(deprecated template usage)