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must not; should not; not be allowed
must not; should not; not be allowed; to not receive
 
already; to stop; then
already; to stop; then; afterwards
 
simp. and trad.
(不得已)
不得

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (1) (1) (1) (5) (36) (36)
Final () (136) (136) (60) (131) (19) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Open Open Open
Division () III III III I III III
Fanqie
Baxter pjuw pjuwX pjut tok yiX yiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨu/ /pɨuX/ /pɨut̚/ /tək̚/ /jɨX/ /jɨH/
Pan
Wuyun
/piu/ /piuX/ /piut̚/ /tək̚/ /jɨX/ /jɨH/
Shao
Rongfen
/piəu/ /piəuX/ /piuət̚/ /tək̚/ /ieX/ /ieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puw/ /puwX/ /put̚/ /tək̚/ /jɨX/ /jɨH/
Li
Rong
/piu/ /piuX/ /piuət̚/ /tək̚/ /iəX/ /iəH/
Wang
Li
/pĭəu/ /pĭəuX/ /pĭuət̚/ /tək̚/ /jĭəX/ /jĭəH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯ə̯u/ /pi̯ə̯uX/ /pi̯uət̚/ /tək̚/ /iX/ /iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fōu fǒu fu de
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau1 fau2 fat1 dak1 ji5 ji6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjuw › ‹ pjuw › ‹ tok › ‹ yiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*pə/ /*pə/ /*tˁək/ /*ɢ(r)əʔ/
English not 不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn) obtain cease; already

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1 1/1
No. 1025 1029 1048 2165 14924
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 1 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pɯ/ /*pɯʔ/ /*pɯ'/ /*tɯːɡ/ /*lɯʔ/
Notes

Adjective

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不得已

  1. having no alternative but to; acting against one's will; having to; imperative

Synonyms

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Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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不得已

  1. chữ Hán form of bất đắc dĩ.