甭

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

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • 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

Chinese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

simp. and trad.
 甭

From a northern dialectal pronunciation of 不用.

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

甭

  1. (dialectal Mandarin) Contraction of 不用 (“needn't”).
  2. (Beijing) Indicates a rhetorical question: could it be that...; is it possible that...
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 不用 (“need not”) [map]
Variety Location Words
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
Malaysia 不用
Singapore 不用, 不必
Cantonese Guangzhou 唔使
Hong Kong 唔使
Macau 唔使
Taishan 唔使, 冇使
Dongguan 唔使
Yangjiang 無使, 使乜
Hepu (Lianzhou) 冇使
Hepu (Shatian) 冇使
Beihai 冇使
Beihai (Nankang) 冇使
Beihai (Yingpan) 冇使
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 冇使
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 冇使
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 冇使
Singapore (Guangfu) 唔使
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 唔使
Gan Nanchang 不消, 用不著
Hakka Meixian 唔使
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 唔使
Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian) 唔使
Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu) 唔使
Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu) 唔使
Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping) 唔使
Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an) 唔使
Kuching (Hepo) 唔使
Jin Taiyuan 不用
Min Bei Jian'ou 伓讓
Min Dong Fuzhou 伓使
Matsu 伓使
Singapore (Fuqing) 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) 毋免, 免
Manila (Hokkien) 毋免, 免
Chaozhou 免, 免用
Shantou 免, 免用
Shantou (Chenghai) 免
Shantou (Chaoyang) 免
Jieyang 免, 免用
Singapore (Teochew) 免
Pontianak (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
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
Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian) 無成, 敢講, 敢係
Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu) 無成, 敢講, 敢係
Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu) 無成, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping) 無成, 毋成, 敢講, 敢係
Yunlin (Lunbei, 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
Shantou 未是
Jieyang 未是, 敢, 敢是

Etymology 2[edit]

simp. and trad.
 甭
alternative forms 𨖕
邙

Contraction of 毋通 (m̄-thang).

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

甭

  1. (Hokkien) do not; don't; cannot
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 別 (“do not”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 勿, 莫1, 毋, 無
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 別, 不要, 別要 chiefly Hong Kong
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
Macau 唔要
Foshan (Shunde) 咪
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 咪
Zhuhai (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
Shaoguan (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
Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian) 毋好
Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu) 毋好
Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu) 毋好
Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping) 毋好
Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an) 毋好
Hong Kong 毋好
Sabah (Longchuan) 毋愛
Senai (Huiyang) 毋好
Kuching (Hepo) 唔愛
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
Pucheng (Shibei) 伓敢
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
New Taipei (Sanxia) 莫去
Kaohsiung 莫2
Yilan 毋通, 莫2
Changhua (Lukang) 莫2
Tainan 莫2
Penang (Hokkien) 莫2, 毋通, 甭
Singapore (Hokkien) 莫2, 毋通, 甭
Manila (Hokkien) 毋通, 甭
Pingnan (Shangdu) 別
Chaozhou 孬, 莫2
Shantou 孬, 莫2
Shantou (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
Shanghai (Chongming) 𧟰
Suzhou 𧟰
Danyang 弗要, 𫸻
Hangzhou 嫑
Ningbo 莫, 甮
Wenzhou 𧟰
Jinhua 𫸻, 弗要, 弗用
Xiang Changsha 莫1, 不要
Loudi 不要, 莫1
Shuangfeng 莫1
Quanzhou 別
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Etymology 3[edit]

simp. and trad.
 甭

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

甭

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

Etymology 4[edit]

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

References[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

甭: Hán Nôm readings: bằng

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