不到

Chinese

Etymology 1

		not	arrive
simp. and trad. (不到)		不	到

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùdào [Phonetic: búdào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùdào
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: bù-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budaw
    • Palladius: будао (budao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 佈道／布道 布道 步道

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ dou³
    • Yale: bāt dou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ dou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³³/

Verb

不到

1. to not yet reach; to not yet arrive at
2. to not arrive; to not show up

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 唔到

Etymology 2

		not	can
simp. and trad. (不到)		不	到

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùdào, budào

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ, ˙ㄅㄨ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dou^3-2, bat¹ dou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùdào [Phonetic: búdào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùdào
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: bù-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budaw
    • Palladius: будао (budao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 佈道／布道 布道 步道

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: budào
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄅㄨ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bůdào
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁵-tao⁴
    • Yale: bu-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budaw
    • Palladius: будао (budao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥u tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ dou^3-2, bat¹ dou³
    • Yale: bāt dóu, bāt dou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dou^3-2, bat⁷ dou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ dou^3-2, bed¹ dou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³³⁻³⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³³/

Particle

不到

1. cannot

   我看不到你。  ―  Wǒ kàn budào nǐ.  ―  I can't see you.

   晚來買不到／晚来买不到  ―  wǎnlái mǎi bùdào  ―  cannot buy it if you come late

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不到 (“cannot (particle)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不到
Mandarin	Taiwan	不到
	Malaysia	不到
	Singapore	不到
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔到
	Hong Kong	唔到
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔到
	Penang (Guangfu)	唔到
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔到
Southern Min	Xiamen	無
	Taipei	無 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	無
	Singapore (Hokkien)	無
	Jieyang	無
	Singapore (Teochew)	無
Wu	Shanghai	弗著
	Suzhou	弗著
	Ningbo	弗著
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

• 不能 (bùnéng)

Derived terms

• 不到家
• 不到得
• 不到烏江不盡頭／不到乌江不尽头
• 不到烏江不肯休／不到乌江不肯休
• 不到烏江心不死／不到乌江心不死
• 不到的
• 不到頭／不到头
• 不到黃河心不死／不到黄河心不死 (bù dào Huánghé xīn bù sǐ)
• 兩手拍不到一塊／两手拍不到一块
• 恩愛夫妻不到頭／恩爱夫妻不到头
• 想不到 (xiǎngbùdào)
• 意想不到 (yìxiǎngbùdào)
• 把不到
• 掄不到／抡不到
• 料不到
• 聽不到風就是雨／听不到风就是雨
• 辦不到／办不到 (bànbúdào)
• 門背後放花子，等不到晚／门背后放花子，等不到晚