不治

Chinese

		not; no	to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal
simp. and trad. (不治)		不	治

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-tī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhì [Phonetic: búzhì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih⁴
    • Yale: bù-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujyh
    • Palladius: бучжи (bučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 佈置 / 布置 部置

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zi⁶
    • Yale: bāt jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tī
    • Tâi-lô: put-tī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putdi
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ti²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ti⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ ti²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ti³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ti³³/

Verb

不治

1. to be unable to be cured; to succumb

   不治之症  ―  bùzhìzhīzhèng  ―  incurable disease

   因病情惡化不治身亡 [MSC, trad.]
   因病情恶化不治身亡 [MSC, simp.]

   yīn bìngqíng èhuà bùzhì shēnwáng [Pinyin]

   to pass away due to worsening of condition

2. (of disease) to be not treated
3. to not govern (a country)

Derived terms

• 不治之症 (bùzhìzhīzhèng)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
不	治
ふ Grade: 4	じ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふじ [fúꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ふじ [fùjíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ʑi]

Noun

不(ふ)治(じ) • (fuji) ^{←ふぢ (fudi)?}

1. being incurable

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
不	治
ふ Grade: 4	ち Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふち [fúꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ふち [fùchíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

不(ふ)治(ち) • (fuchi) 

1. being incurable

References

• “不治”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025