不嬲

Chinese

		not; no	tease; disturb
trad. (不嬲)		不	嬲
simp. #(不嬲)		不	嬲
alternative forms		不摟／不搂 不溜 不留 不遱／不𫐷

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bat¹ lau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): but² liu^5*

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ lau¹
    • Yale: bāt lāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ lau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ leo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: but² liu^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /put̚⁵⁵ liu³²⁻³²⁵/

Adverb

不嬲

1. (Cantonese) always; all along; consistently

   我不嬲都鍾意食榴槤㗎啦。你唔知㗎咩？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   我不嬲都钟意食榴梿㗎啦。你唔知㗎咩？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ bat¹ lau¹ dou¹ zung¹ ji³ sik⁶ lau⁴ lin⁴ gaa³ laa¹. nei⁵ m⁴ zi¹ gaa³ me¹? [Jyutping]

   I've always liked eating durian. Didn't you know?

Synonyms

• 一向 (yīxiàng)
• 一直 (yīzhí)
• 一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
• 一路 (yīlù)
• 一路來／一路来 (Xiang)
• 取總／取总 (qü³ zong³) (Sichuanese)
• 向來／向来 (xiànglái)
• 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
• 少來／少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
• 從來／从来 (cónglái)
• 從到今／从到今 (Hokkien)
• 歷來／历来 (lìlái)
• 牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
• 直直 (Hokkien)
• 素來／素来 (sùlái) (literary)
• 終始／终始 (zhōngshǐ)
• 跇頭／跇头 (Eastern Min)
• 透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 一直 (“continuously; constantly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		一直
Mandarin	Taiwan	一直
	Malaysia	一直
	Singapore	一直
Cantonese	Guangzhou	一直, 一路, 不嬲, 一嬲
	Hong Kong	一直, 一路, 不嬲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	一直
Hakka	Meixian	一直
Southern Min	Xiamen	直直
	Quanzhou	直直
	Zhangzhou	直直
	Tainan	直直, 一直 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	直直
	Singapore (Hokkien)	直直, 惦惦
	Manila (Hokkien)	直直
	Raoping	惦惦
	Shantou	一直
	Jieyang	惦, 惦惦
	Singapore (Teochew)	惦惦
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)