不能不

Chinese

		cannot; must not; should not cannot; must not; should not; to be unable to; to fail to	not; no
simp. and trad. (不能不)		不能	不

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùnéng bù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ nang⁴ bat¹
• Min Nan (POJ): put-lêng-put

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùnéng bù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buneng bu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùnéng bù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ nang⁴ bat¹
    • Yale: bāt nàhng bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ nang⁴ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ neng⁴ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ nɐŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-lêng-put
    • Tâi-lô: put-lîng-put
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putlengpud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ liɪŋ¹³⁻²² put̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɪŋ²³⁻³³ put̚³²/

Verb

不能不

1. to have to; cannot but