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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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 Mandarin) 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, 不待
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	甭, 不用, 甭用
	Taiwan	不用
	Shenyang	甭
	Malaysia	不用
	Singapore	不用, 不必
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	甭
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	不用
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	不消
	Wuhan	不消, 用不著
	Kunming	不用
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	用不著
	Hefei	不用
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
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伓讓
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	伓使
	Matsu	伓使
	Singapore (Fuqing)	伓使
Southern Min	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
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	唔使
Wu	Shanghai	勿要, 覅, 用勿著, 勿用, 好勿要, 好覅
	Suzhou	用勿著
	Ningbo	甮, 好甮
	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, 莫不是
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		莫非, 豈, 難道, 莫不是
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	難道, 難不成, 甭
	Taiwan	難道, 難不成
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	難說
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
Southern Min	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
Wu	Shanghai	只勿
	Shanghai (Chongming)	難算得
Xiang	Changsha	冇過

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		甭
alternative forms		𨖕 邙

Contraction of 毋通 (m̄-thang).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bang / bàng / mang

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• Southern Min
  • (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, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mang
    • Tâi-lô: mang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mafng
    • IPA (Penang, Philippines): /maŋ³³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /maŋ⁴⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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, 勿, 別要 chiefly Hong Kong
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	別, 別價
	Taiwan	別, 不要
	Harbin	別
	Malaysia	不要
	Singapore	不要
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	別, 別價, 甭價, 不要
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	別
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	嫑, 甭1, 休
	Wanrong	嫑, 不要
	Xi'an	嫑, 不敢
	Xining	嫑
	Xuzhou	嫑, 休
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	不要
	Ürümqi	嫑
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	莫1, 不要, 嫑
	Wuhan	莫1, 不
	Guiyang	不要
	Guilin	莫1
	Liuzhou	莫1, 莫要
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	莫1
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	不要
	Yangzhou	莫1, 不要
	Hefei	別, 不要
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咪, 咪個, 唔好
	Hong Kong	咪, 唔好, 冇
	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 (Shexi)	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
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	不要, 嫑
Jin	Taiyuan	不要, 不敢
	Xinzhou	不要, 嫑, 播
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伓敢, 伓讓, 毋
	Pucheng (Shibei)	伓敢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	伓通, 毋
	Fuqing	伓通
	Matsu	毋
Southern Min	Xiamen	毋通, 毋愛, 莫2, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰
	Quanzhou	毋通, 毋愛, 甭2, 莫用, 汰
	Zhangzhou	毋通, 莫2, 甭2, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰
	Zhao'an	孬
	Taipei	莫2
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	莫去
	Kaohsiung	莫2
	Yilan	毋通, 莫2
	Changhua (Lukang)	莫2
	Tainan	莫2, 甭2
	Penang (Hokkien)	莫2, 毋通, 甭2
	Singapore (Hokkien)	莫2, 毋通, 甭2
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋通, 甭2
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	別
	Chaozhou	孬, 莫2
	Shantou	孬, 莫2
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	莫2
	Jieyang	孬, 莫2
	Haifeng	莫2
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	孬
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	孬
	Penang (Teochew)	莫2
	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)	拗
	Suzhou	𧟰
	Wuxi	𧟰
	Nantong (Haimen)	拗, 拗要, 弗要
	Danyang	弗要, 𫸻
	Hangzhou	嫑
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	弗要, 消, 𧟰
	Ningbo	莫, 甮
	Wenzhou	𧟰
	Lishui	⿰毋樂
	Qingyuan	⿰否樂
	Jinhua	𫸻, 弗要, 弗用
Xiang	Changsha	莫1, 不要
	Loudi	不要, 莫1
	Shuangfeng	莫1
	Quanzhou	別

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		甭

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mài

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mài
    • Tâi-lô: mài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mãi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi²¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 甭

1. (Hokkien) (deprecated template usage) 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 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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