輸不起

Chinese

		to transport; to lose	cannot afford to ...; do not wish to ...
trad. (輸不起)		輸	不起
simp. (输不起)		输	不起

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūbùqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ bat¹ hei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūbùqǐ → shūbuqǐ (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ → ㄕㄨ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄑㄧˇ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shubůcǐ
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-pu⁵-chʻi³
    • Yale: shū-bu-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shubuchii
    • Palladius: шубуци (šubuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ʂu⁵⁵ b̥u² t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ bat¹ hei²
    • Yale: syū bāt héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ bat⁷ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ bed¹ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hei̯³⁵/

Verb

輸⫽不起 (verb-complement)

1. to be a sore loser; to be unable to accept defeat
2. cannot afford to lose

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 輸唔起／输唔起