不好

Chinese

		not; no	good; well; be fond of
simp. and trad. (不好)		不	好
anagram		好不

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bùhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄠˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): bu² hao³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ hou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùhǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhao
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùhǎo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bu² hao³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: buxao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹ xau⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ hou²
    • Yale: bāt hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hou̯³⁵/

Adjective

不好

1. bad; not good

   我的日語不好。 / 我的日语不好。  ―  Wǒ de Rìyǔ bùhǎo.  ―  My Japanese is not good.

2. inappropriate
3. (regional) not allowed to; not supposed to
   • 這東西不好吃的。 / 这东西不好吃的。  ―  Zhè dōngxī bùhǎo chī de.  ―  You are not supposed to eat that. (It's not edible)
4. ill

Synonyms

• (bad): 不善 (bùshàn), 差 (chā), 差勁／差劲 (chàjìn)
• (inappropriate): 不便 (bùbiàn)
• (ill): 生病 (shēngbìng), 不適／不适 (bùshì)

Derived terms

• 弄不好 (nòngbùhǎo)

Noun

不好

1. fault

   這不是我的不好。 / 这不是我的不好。  ―  Zhè bùshì wǒ de bùhǎo.  ―  This is not my fault.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 不好

• 不是 (bùshì)
• 事故 (shìgù) (accident)
• 問題／问题 (wèntí)
• 失誤／失误 (shīwù)
• 失閃／失闪 (shīshǎn) (accident)
• 好歹 (hǎodǎi) (mishap)
• 差失 (chāshī)
• 差池 (chāchí) (literary)
• 差舛 (chāchuǎn) (literary)
• 差誤／差误 (chāwù)
• 差錯／差错 (chācuò)
• 意外 (yìwài) (accident)
• 紕繆／纰缪 (pīmiù) (literary)
• 訛奪／讹夺 (éduó) (literary, of words in a text)
• 訛脫／讹脱 (étuō) (literary, of words in a text)

• 訛舛／讹舛 (échuǎn) (literary, of words in a text)
• 訛誤／讹误 (éwù) (literary, of words in a text)
• 訛謬／讹谬 (émiù) (literary, of words in a text)
• 誤差／误差 (wùchā) (especially in data)
• 誤謬／误谬 (wùmiù) (fallacy)
• 謬誤／谬误 (miùwù) (fallacy)
• 變故／变故 (biàngù) (unforeseen event)
• 責任／责任 (zérèn)
• 過失／过失 (guòshī)
• 過錯／过错 (guòcuò)
• 錯／错 (cuò)
• 錯漏／错漏 (cuòlòu) (of words in a text)
• 錯誤／错误 (cuòwù)
• 長短／长短 (chángduǎn) (accident)
• 閃失／闪失 (shǎnshī) (accident)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ hou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùhào [Phonetic: búhào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhaw
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùhào
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ hou³
    • Yale: bāt hou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ hou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ hou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hou̯³³/

Verb

不好

1. to dislike; to be uninterested in