謝不邀

Chinese

		to decline; to thank; gratitude	not; no	invite to come
trad. (謝不邀)		謝	不	邀
simp. (谢不邀)		谢	不	邀
Literally: “thank you for not inviting”.

Etymology

From 謝邀／谢邀 (xièyāo, “thank you for the invitation (to answer this question)”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xièbùyāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze⁶ bat¹ jiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xièbùyāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sièbùyao
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴-pu⁴-yao¹
    • Yale: syè-bù-yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiehbuiau
    • Palladius: себуяо (sebujao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze⁶ bat¹ jiu¹
    • Yale: jeh bāt yīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze⁶ bat⁷ jiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé⁶ bed¹ yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː²² pɐt̚⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

謝不邀

1. (neologism, slang) An expression used to indicate one was not invited by someone to answer the question.

See also

• 不請自來／不请自来 (bùqǐngzìlái)