不會吧

Chinese

		be unlikely; will not	(modal particle indicating polite suggestion); ...right?; ...OK? (modal particle indicating polite suggestion); ...right?; ...OK?; (onomat.); dumb
trad. (不會吧)		不會	吧
simp. (不会吧)		不会	吧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùhuìba

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄅㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùhuìba [Phonetic: búhuìba]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùhuèibå
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hui⁴-pa⁵
    • Yale: bù-hwèi-ba
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhuey.ba
    • Palladius: бухуэйба (buxuejba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ b̥ä¹/

Interjection

不會吧

1. really?
2. (sarcastic) are you kidding; no kidding

   • 難道我們現在指望的是房價很低，然後工作到處隨便找，然後一點壓力都沒有，然後只要喜歡的女孩，跟她一追求就OK？不會吧？ [MSC, trad.]
     难道我们现在指望的是房价很低，然后工作到处随便找，然后一点压力都没有，然后只要喜欢的女孩，跟她一追求就OK？不会吧？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2021, 白岩松 (Bai Yansong), 白岩松谈这个世界会好吗 [Bai Yansong on whether the world will become a better place]

     Nándào wǒmen xiànzài zhǐwàng de shì fángjià hěn dī, ránhòu gōngzuò dàochù suíbiàn zhǎo, ránhòu yīdiǎn yālì dōu méiyǒu, ránhòu zhǐyào xǐhuān de nǚhái, gēn tā yī zhuīqiú jiù OK? Bùhuìba? [Pinyin]

     Are you saying that what we are expecting nowadays is that housing prices are very low, that we can easily find jobs everywhere, that there is no pressure at all, that as long as we ask the girl we like, she will immediately answer "OK"? Are you kidding me?

Usage notes

Often used repeatedly to strengthen the sarcastic effect.