不勝

See also: 不胜

Chinese

		not; no	victorious; able to do; competent enough to
trad. (不勝)		不	勝
simp. (不胜)		不	胜

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùshèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-sṳn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùshèng [Phonetic: búshèng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùshèng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-shêng⁴
    • Yale: bù-shèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushenq
    • Palladius: бушэн (bušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sing³
    • Yale: bāt sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-sṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud^ˋ siin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ sin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² sɨn⁵⁵/

Verb

不勝

1. (literary) to not win; to lose

   戰無不勝／战无不胜  ―  zhànwúbùshèng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùshèng, bùshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùshèng [Phonetic: búshèng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùshèng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-shêng⁴
    • Yale: bù-shèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushenq
    • Palladius: бушэн (bušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsheng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: bù-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: busheng
    • Palladius: бушэн (bušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sing¹
    • Yale: bāt sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

不勝

1. (literary) to be not up to; to be unable to bear

   不勝衣／不胜衣  ―  bùshèngyī, bùshēngyī  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (literary) to be to an unlimited degree; to be to the point where one cannot take it anymore

   美不勝收／美不胜收  ―  měibùshèngshōu, měibùshēngshōu  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (literary) Placed between two identical monosyllabic verbs, to indicate difficulty in performing or completing an action.

   防不勝防／防不胜防  ―  fángbùshèngfáng, fángbùshēngfáng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (regional) to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to

Synonyms

• (to be unable to bear): 不堪 (bùkān)

Pronunciation 3

Adverb

不勝

1. (literary) tremendously