毫不

Chinese

		hair; drawing brush; (in the) least hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth	not; no
simp. and trad. (毫不)		毫	不

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háobù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁴ bat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háobù → háobu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ ㄅㄨˋ → ㄏㄠˊ ˙ㄅㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háobů
    • Wade–Giles: hao²-pu⁵
    • Yale: háu-bu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haurbu
    • Palladius: хаобу (xaobu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹/ → /xɑʊ̯³⁵ b̥u³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁴ bat¹
    • Yale: hòuh bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁴ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁴ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵/

Adverb

毫不

1. not at all; without

   賣肉的師傅毫不保留地講解讓刀飛快起來的磨刀妙招。 [MSC, trad.]
   卖肉的师傅毫不保留地讲解让刀飞快起来的磨刀妙招。 [MSC, simp.]

   Mài ròu de shīfù háobù bǎoliú de jiǎngjiě ràng dāo fēikuài qǐlái de módāo miàozhāo. [Pinyin]

   The butcher explained without reservation how to sharpen a knife.

Synonyms

• 並不／并不 (bìngbù)
• 並未／并未 (bìngwèi)
• 決不／决不 (juébù)

Derived terms

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