巴不得

Chinese

		(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)	must not; should not; not be allowed
simp. and trad. (巴不得)		巴	不得

Etymology

巴 ‎(“to wait”) +‎ 不得 ‎(“unable to”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bābude

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄅㄨ˙ ㄉㄜ˙

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ bat¹ dak¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pâ-put-tet

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bābude
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄅㄨ˙ ㄉㄜ˙
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: babu.de
    • IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ b̥u² d̥ə¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ bat¹ dak¹
    • Yale: bā bāt dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ bat⁷ dak⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâ-put-tet
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba´ bud` ded`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹ bud⁵ ded⁵
    • IPA: /pa²⁴ put̚² tet̚²/

Verb

巴不得

1. (colloquial) to be only too anxious (to do something); to eagerly look forward to

   我巴不得你快回家！ [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ bābude nǐ kuài huíjiā! [Pinyin]

   I can't wait for you to come home!

Synonyms

• 恨不得 (hènbude)
• 恨不能 (hènbunéng)