不該

Chinese

		not; no	that; the above-mentioned; most likely that; the above-mentioned; most likely; to deserve; should; ought to; owe
trad. (不該)		不	該
simp. (不该)		不	该

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùgāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ goi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-kai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùgāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùgai
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kai¹
    • Yale: bù-gāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugai
    • Palladius: бугай (bugaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ goi¹
    • Yale: bāt gōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ goi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ goi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kai
    • Tâi-lô: put-kai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putkay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ kai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kai⁴⁴/

Verb

不該

1. should not

   你不該干涉他的私事。 [MSC, trad.]
   你不该干涉他的私事。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ bùgāi gānshè tā de sīshì. [Pinyin]

   You should not interfere with his private business.

2. to not owe

Usage notes

Sometimes the Mandarin pronunciation of this word is used as a euphemism of 仆街 (puk¹ gaai¹) in Cantonese.

Derived terms

• 千不該萬不該／千不该万不该
• 命不該絕／命不该绝
• 沒下脣就不該攬著簫吹／没下唇就不该揽著箫吹

 

See also

• (Cantonese) 唔該／唔该