甭

See also: 不用

甭 U+752D, 甭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-752D ← 甬 [U+752C] CJK Unified Ideographs 甮 → [U+752E]

Translingual

Han character

甭 (radical 101, 用+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一火月手 (MFBQ), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿱不用)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 756, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21713
• Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 25, character 11
• Unihan data for U+752D

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Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		甭

From a northern dialectal pronunciation of 不用.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): béng, bíng (beng², bing²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄥˊ, ㄅㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bung²
• Wu (Wiktionary): pion (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese and Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Pinyin: béng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄥˊ
    • Wade–Giles: pêng2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: berng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: béng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Pinyin: bíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ping2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bíng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bung²
    • Yale: búng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʊŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: pion (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ʊŋ³⁴/

Definitions

甭

1. (dialectal Mandarin) Contraction of 不用 (“needn't”).

   • 算了吧，我送給你一碗茶喝，你就甭賣那套生意口啦！ [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
     算了吧，我送给你一碗茶喝，你就甭卖那套生意口啦！ [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 1957, Lao She, Teahouse

     Suànle ba, wǒ sòng gěi nǐ yī wǎn chá hē, nǐ jiù béng mài nà tào shēngyìkǒu la! [Pinyin]

     Save your words. I'll give you a cup of tea for free. You needn't smooth talk me!

2. (Beijing) Indicates a rhetorical question: could it be that...; is it possible that...

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不用 (“need not”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		不必, 無須, 毋庸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不必, 毋須, 無須, 無須乎
Mandarin	Beijing	甭, 不用, 甭用
	Taiwan	不用
	Shenyang	甭
	Jinan	甭
	Xi'an	不用
	Wuhan	不消, 用不著
	Chengdu	不消
	Kunming	不用
	Yangzhou	用不著
	Hefei	不用
	Singapore	不用, 不必
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔使
	Hong Kong	唔使
	Taishan	唔使
	Dongguan	唔使
	Yangjiang	無使, 使乜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔使
Gan	Nanchang	不消, 用不著
Hakka	Meixian	唔使
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唔使
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	唔使
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	唔使
	Dongshi (Dabu)	唔使
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	唔使
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	唔使
Jin	Taiyuan	不用
Min Bei	Jian'ou	伓讓
Min Dong	Fuzhou	伓使
	Matsu	伓使
Min Nan	Xiamen	毋免, 免, 毋使
	Quanzhou	毋免, 免
	Zhangzhou	毋免, 免, 毋使
	Taipei	毋免, 免
	Kaohsiung	毋免, 免
	Penang (Hokkien)	毋免, 免
	Singapore (Hokkien)	免
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋免, 免
	Chaozhou	免用, 免
	Shantou	免
	Chenghai	免
	Chaoyang	免
	Jieyang	免, 免用
	Singapore (Teochew)	免
	Wenchang	無用
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無用
Wu	Shanghai	勿要
	Suzhou	用勿著
	Wenzhou	覅用, 否用
Xiang	Changsha	不消
	Shuangfeng	不消, 不要

Dialectal synonyms of 難道 (“could it be that; is it possible that”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		莫非, 豈
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		莫非, 豈, 難道
Mandarin	Beijing	難道, 難不成, 甭
	Taiwan	難道, 難不成
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔通
	Hong Kong	唔通
	Taishan	唔成, 敢係, 唔得旨, 毋旨, 毋旨估
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	無成, 敢講, 敢係
	Dongshi (Dabu)	無成, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	無成, 毋成, 敢講, 敢係
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	無敢, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
Min Nan	Xiamen	敢, 總無
	Quanzhou	敢, 總無, 攏無
	Zhangzhou	敢, 總無
	Tainan	敢
	Manila (Hokkien)	敢
	Jieyang	敢, 敢是

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		甭
alternative forms		𨖕 邙

Contraction of 毋通 (m̄-thang).

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): bang / bàng / mang

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bang
    • Tâi-lô: bang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bafng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /baŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bàng
    • Tâi-lô: bàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /baŋ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Penang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mang
    • Tâi-lô: mang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mafng
    • IPA (Penang, Philippines): /maŋ³³/

Definitions

甭

1. (Hokkien) do not; don't; cannot

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 別 (“do not”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		勿, 莫1, 毋, 無
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		別, 不要
Mandarin	Beijing	別, 別價
	Taiwan	別, 不要
	Harbin	別
	Muping	別
	Jinan	別, 別價, 甭價, 不要
	Luoyang	嫑, 甭, 休
	Wanrong	嫑, 不要
	Xi'an	嫑, 不敢
	Lanzhou	不要
	Xining	嫑
	Ürümqi	嫑
	Wuhan	莫1, 不
	Chengdu	莫1, 不要, 嫑
	Guiyang	不要
	Guilin	莫1
	Liuzhou	莫1, 莫要
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	莫1
	Xuzhou	嫑, 休
	Yangzhou	莫1, 不要
	Nanjing	不要
	Hefei	別, 不要
	Malaysia	不要
	Singapore	不要
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咪, 唔好
	Hong Kong	咪, 唔好
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	唔好
	Shunde	咪
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	咪
	Doumen	唔好
	Taishan	唔好
	Kaiping (Chikan)	唔好
	Dongguan	咪, 唔好
	Shaoguan	咪
	Yunfu	咪, 唔好
	Yangjiang	莫1, 無好
	Xinyi	毛
	Lianjiang	冇
	Nanning	冇要
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	咪
	Singapore (Guangfu)	咪, 唔好
Gan	Nanchang	莫1
	Lichuan	毋要, 不要
	Pingxiang	不要
Hakka	Meixian	莫1, 毋愛, 毋好
	Xingning	毋愛
	Huidong (Daling)	毋好
	Qujiang	毋好
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	毋好
	Changting	毋要
	Liancheng	毋要
	Ninghua	毋要
	Yudu	毋要, 毋敢
	Ruijin	毋要
	Shicheng	毋要
	Shangyou	毋要
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	毋好
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	毋好
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	毋好
	Dongshi (Dabu)	毋好
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	毋好
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	毋好
	Hong Kong	毋好
	Sabah (Longchuan)	毋愛
	Senai (Huiyang)	毋好
Huizhou	Jixi	不要, 嫑
	Shexian	不要, 嫑
	Tunxi	不要, 嫑
Jin	Taiyuan	不要, 不敢
	Xinzhou	不要, 嫑, 播
Min Bei	Jian'ou	伓敢, 伓讓, 毋
Min Dong	Fuzhou	伓通, 毋
	Fuqing	伓通
	Matsu	毋
Min Nan	Xiamen	毋通, 毋愛, 莫2
	Quanzhou	毋通, 毋愛, 甭
	Zhangzhou	毋通, 莫2, 甭
	Zhao'an	孬
	Taipei	莫2, 甭 GT
	Kaohsiung	莫2
	Tainan	莫2
	Lukang	莫2
	Sanxia	莫去
	Yilan	毋通, 莫2
	Penang (Hokkien)	莫2, 毋通, 甭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	莫2
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋通, 甭
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	別
	Chaozhou	孬, 莫2
	Shantou	孬, 莫2
	Chaoyang	莫2
	Haifeng	莫2
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	孬
	Singapore (Teochew)	莫2, 孬
	Leizhou	無地
	Haikou	無用, 莫2, 無莫
	Qionghai	無用
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無用
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	冇要
Wu	Shanghai	勿要, 𧟰
	Chongming	𧟰
	Suzhou	𧟰
	Hangzhou	嫑
	Danyang	弗要, 𫸻
	Ningbo	甮
	Wenzhou	𧟰
	Jinhua	𫸻, 弗要, 弗用
Xiang	Changsha	莫1, 不要
	Shuangfeng	莫1
	Loudi	不要, 莫1
	Quanzhou	別
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		甭

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): mài

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mài
    • Tâi-lô: mài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mãɪ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mãɪ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãɪ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãɪ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãɪ²¹/

Definitions

甭

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 莫 (mài, “do not”).

   • 空氣中甭存寂寞甲我 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     空气中甭存寂寞甲我 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2012, 詹雅雯, 一個人

     khong-khì tiong mài chhun siok-bo̍k kah góa [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Don't leave loneliness with me in the air.

   • 暫時放下甭想彼多 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     暂时放下甭想彼多 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2016, 楊哲 (lyricist 廖偉志), 燒酒乾一杯

     chiām-sî hòng-hā mài siūⁿ hiah chōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Let it go for now, and don't think of it that much.

   • 贏甭驕傲輸甭怨嘆 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     赢甭骄傲输甭怨叹 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2018, 洪榮宏 (lyricist 高以德), 人生車站

     iâⁿ mài kiau-ngō͘ su mài oàn-thàn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Don't be arrogant when you win; don't complain when you lose.

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 甭 – see 棄 (“to abandon; to discard; to reject”). (This character, 甭, is a variant form of 棄.)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02631

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Vietnamese

Han character

甭: Hán Nôm readings: bằng

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