來不得

Chinese

		to come	must not; should not; not be allowed must not; should not; not be allowed; to not receive
trad. (來不得)		來	不得
simp. (来不得)		来	不得

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láibude

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄅㄨ ˙ㄉㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ bat¹ dak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láibude
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄅㄨ ˙ㄉㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láibůde̊
    • Wade–Giles: lai²-pu⁵-tê⁵
    • Yale: lái-bu-de
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laibu.de
    • Palladius: лайбудэ (lajbudɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ b̥u³ d̥ə¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loi⁴ bat¹ dak¹
    • Yale: lòih bāt dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ bat⁷ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ bed¹ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵/

Verb

來不得

1. won't do; to be impermissible

   • 知識的問題是一個科學問題，來不得半點的虛偽和驕傲，決定地需要的倒是其反面——誠實和謙遜的態度。 [MSC, trad.]
     知识的问题是一个科学问题，来不得半点的虚伪和骄傲，决定地需要的倒是其反面——诚实和谦逊的态度。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhīshi de wèntí shì yīge kēxué wèntí, láibude bàndiǎn de xūwěi hé jiāo'ào, juédìng de xūyào de dàoshì qí fǎnmiàn — chéngshí hé qiānxùn de tàidù. [Pinyin]

     Knowledge is a matter of science, and no dishonesty or conceit whatsoever is permissible. What is required is definitely the reverse—honesty and modesty.