不妨

Chinese

		not; no	hinder; harm
trad. (不妨)		不	妨
simp. #(不妨)		不	妨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ fong⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-hóng / put-hông
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷peq-faon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùfáng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-fang²
    • Yale: bù-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bufarng
    • Palladius: буфан (bufan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 不妨 布防

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bat¹ fong⁴
    • Yale: bāt fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ fɔːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 不妨 不防

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-hóng
    • Tâi-lô: put-hóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: puthorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ hɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-hông
    • Tâi-lô: put-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: puthoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷peq-faon
    • MiniDict: peh^入 faon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴peq-faan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pəʔ³³ fɑ̃⁴⁴/

Adverb

不妨

1. there is no harm in; might as well

   你不妨試試。／你不妨试试。  ―  Nǐ bùfáng shìshi.  ―  You might as well have a try.

Synonyms

• 乾脆／干脆 (gāncuì)
• 以莫 (i³ mo) (Xiang)
• 勿妨 (⁶veq₈-faon) (Wu)
• 印信 (Hokkien)
• 左莫 (zo³ mo) (Xiang)
• 率性 (shuàixìng)
• 索性
• 巡經／巡经 (sen² jin¹) (Xiang)