抑無

Chinese

		to restrain; to restrict; to keep down to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or	not have
trad. (抑無)		抑	無
simp. (抑无)		抑	无
alternative forms		也無／也无 Quanzhou Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a̍h-bô / á-bô / iah-bô / ah-bô

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a̍h-bô
    • Tâi-lô: a̍h-bô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aqbooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bo¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bo²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: á-bô
    • Tâi-lô: á-bô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: afbooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bo²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iah-bô
    • Tâi-lô: iah-bô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iahbooi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ bɤ²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-bô
    • Tâi-lô: ah-bô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ahbooi
    • IPA (Taipei): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bo²⁴/

Adverb

抑無

1. (Southern Min) otherwise; or

Synonyms

• 不然 (bùrán)
• 冇是 (Southern Pinghua)
• 再不 (zàibù) (colloquial)
• 再不然 (zàibùrán)
• 勿然 (⁸veq-zoe) (Wu)
• 否則／否则 (fǒuzé)
• 唔係／唔系 (m⁴ hai⁶) (Cantonese)
• 唔係嘅話／唔系嘅话 (Cantonese)
• 如咪 (Hong Kong Cantonese)
• 欲無／欲无 (Hokkien)
• 若唔係／若唔系 (Teochew)
• 若無／若无 (Hokkien)
• 要不 (yàobù)
• 要不然 (yàobùrán)