可不

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	not; no
simp. and trad. (可不)		可	不
anagram		不可

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² bat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěbù → kěbu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ → ㄎㄜˇ ˙ㄅㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěbů
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-pu⁵
    • Yale: kě-bu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keebu
    • Palladius: кэбу (kɛbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/ → /kʰɤ²¹⁴ b̥u⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² bat¹
    • Yale: hó bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵/

Interjection

可不

1. you're absolutely right!; right!; exactly!; isn't that so?

Phrase

可不

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 可,‎ 不.

See also

• 可不是 (kěbù shì)