𣍐要緊

Chinese

			important; pressing; urgent important; pressing; urgent; critical; serious
trad. (𣍐要緊)		𣍐	要緊
simp. (𫧃要紧)		𫧃	要紧
alternative forms		袂要緊／袂要紧 Hokkien 𠁞要緊／𠀾要紧 Teochew

Etymology

For Singapore Teochew, from Hokkien 袂要緊／袂要紧 (bōe-iàu-kín).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bōe-iàu-kín / bǒe-iàu-kín / bē-iàu-kín / bōe-á-kín

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhoi⁶ iao³ ging²

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-iàu-kín
    • Tâi-lô: buē-iàu-kín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexiao'kien
    • IPA (Singapore): /bue²²⁻²¹ iau²¹⁻⁴² kin⁴²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bue²²⁻²¹ iau²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bǒe-iàu-kín
    • Tâi-lô: buě-iàu-kín
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bue²² iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kin⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /bue³³⁻²² iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kin⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-iàu-kín
    • Tâi-lô: bē-iàu-kín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexiao'kien
    • IPA (Kinmen): /be²²⁻¹² iau¹²⁻⁴⁴ kin⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-á-kín
    • Tâi-lô: buē-á-kín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexafkien
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhoi⁶ iao³ ging²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bŏi iàu kíng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /boi³⁵⁻¹¹ iau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kiŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Interjection

𣍐要緊

1. (Hokkien, Singapore Teochew) no problem; it doesn't matter; never mind

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 沒關係 (“it doesn't matter; never mind”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		沒關係, 無所謂
Mandarin	Beijing	沒事兒
	Taiwan	沒關係, 不要緊, 無所謂
	Malaysia	不要緊
	Singapore	不要緊, 無所謂
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔緊要, 冇關係
	Hong Kong	唔緊要, 冇相干, 唔打緊, 冇所謂
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔緊要, 冇相干
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔緊要, 冇相干, 冇所謂
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	唔緊要
Hakka	Meixian	無關係, 無問題, 唔緊要
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無關係, 無相干
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無要緊, 無關係, 無相干
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無關係, 無相干
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無關係, 無相干
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無關係, 無相干
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無要緊
	Hong Kong	無所謂
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	無要緊, 無佮涉
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	無事計
Southern Min	Xiamen	無要緊, 無關係, 無打緊
	Quanzhou	無打緊, 𣍐要緊
	Zhangzhou	無要緊
	Zhao'an	無要緊
	Taipei	無要緊
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	無要緊
	Kaohsiung	無要緊, 無關係
	Yilan	無要緊, 無關係
	Changhua (Lukang)	無要緊
	Taichung	無要緊
	Tainan	無要緊, 無關係
	Hsinchu	𣍐要緊
	Kinmen	𣍐要緊
	Penghu (Magong)	𣍐要緊
	Penang (Hokkien)	𣍐要緊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𣍐要緊
	Manila (Hokkien)	𣍐要緊
	Chaozhou	無相干
	Shantou	無相干, 無關係, 無所謂, 毋緊要
	Singapore (Teochew)	𣍐要緊, 無相干
	Wenchang	無相干
	Haikou	無相干
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無相干, 無要緊
Wu	Shanghai	嘸沒關係, 勿要緊, 勿搭界, 勿礙 dated
	Suzhou	弗礙
	Ningbo	弗搭界, 嘸較, 嘸相干 dated
Xiang	Changsha	現話得, 冇得何裡

Related terms

• 無代誌／无代志 (bô-tāi-chì)