不由得

Chinese

		not; no	to be allowed to
simp. and trad. (不由得)		不	由得

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyóude

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄉㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jau⁴ dak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùyóude
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄉㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùyóude̊
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-yu²-tê⁵
    • Yale: bù-yóu-de
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyou.de
    • Palladius: буюдэ (bujudɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵ d̥ə³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ jau⁴ dak¹
    • Yale: bāt yàuh dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jau⁴ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yeo⁴ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯²¹ tɐk̚⁵/

Verb

不由得

1. to can't help but (do something)

   • 我不由得停住了腳步。從未見過開得這樣盛的藤蘿， [MSC, trad.]
     我不由得停住了脚步。从未见过开得这样盛的藤萝， [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1982, 宗璞 (Zong Pu), 紫藤蘿瀑布 (Waterfall of Purple Chinese Wisteria)

     Wǒ bùyóude tíngzhùle jiǎobù. Cóngwèi jiànguò kāide zhèyàng shèng de téngluó, [Pinyin]

     I couldn't help but stop walking. I had never seen Chinese Wisteria blooming so abundantly,

2. to be unable to tolerate

Synonyms

• (to can't help but): 不禁 (bùjīn), 不覺／不觉 (bùjué)

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