少不了

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	not; no	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
simp. and trad. (少不了)		少	不	了

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàobuliǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄌㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ bat¹ liu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàobuliǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàobůliǎo
    • Wade–Giles: shao⁴-pu⁵-liao³
    • Yale: shàu-bu-lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shawbuleau
    • Palladius: шаобуляо (šaobuljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu³ bat¹ liu⁵
    • Yale: siu bāt líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ bat⁷ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ bed¹ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/

Verb

少不了

1. to be required
2. to be indispensible

Adjective

少不了

1. (litotes) not missing