拗要

Chinese

	do not want; do not need	want; need
trad. (拗要)	拗	要
simp. ^#(拗要)	拗	要
alternative forms	奧要／奥要

Pronunciation

Wu (Chongming, Wugniu): ¹au-iau₅

Wu
- (Northern: Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ¹au-iau₅
  - MiniDict: au^平 iau^去
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ʔɔ⁵⁵ iɔ/

Adverb

拗要 (Shadi Wu)

do not want; do not like to (expressing nonvolition)
衣裳舊子夷拗要着個。 [Shadi Wu, trad.]
衣裳旧子夷拗要着个。 [Shadi Wu, simp.]
From: 2009, 張惠英 [Zhang Huiying], 《崇明方言研究》 [A Study of Chongming Dialect], page 193
He won't wear those clothes now that they're so old.
do not; don't (as an imperative)
你吃力特，拗要做營生特。 [Shadi Wu, trad.]
你吃力特，拗要做营生特。 [Shadi Wu, simp.]
From: 2009, 張惠英 [Zhang Huiying], 《崇明方言研究》 [A Study of Chongming Dialect], page 193
You're tired enough already; don't do any more work.
Used in questions about suspected situations or outcomes that are often implied to be undesirable or unexpected.
夷奧要㬟寧來上班噢？ [Shadi Wu, trad.]
夷奥要㬟宁来上班噢？ [Shadi Wu, simp.]
From: 2008, 王洪鐘 [Wang Hongzhong], 《海門方言語法專題研究》 [Studies on Selected Topics of Haimenese Grammar], page 73
I don't suppose that he hasn't come into work now, has he?

外頭奧要勒落雨哇？ [Shadi Wu, trad.]
外头奥要勒落雨哇？ [Shadi Wu, simp.]
From: 2008, 王洪鐘 [Wang Hongzhong], 《海門方言語法專題研究》 [Studies on Selected Topics of Haimenese Grammar], page 73
Don't tell me that it's raining outside?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 別 (“do not”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		勿, 莫₁, 毋, 無
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		別, 不要, 勿, 別要 chiefly Hong Kong
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	別, 別價
	Taiwan	別, 不要
	Harbin	別
	Malaysia	不要
	Singapore	不要
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	別, 別價, 甭價, 不要
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	別
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	嫑, 甭₁, 休
	Wanrong	嫑, 不要
	Xi'an	嫑, 不敢
	Xining	嫑
	Xuzhou	嫑, 休
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	不要
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	嫑
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	莫₁, 不要, 嫑
	Wuhan	莫₁, 不
	Guiyang	不要
	Guilin	莫₁
	Liuzhou	莫₁, 莫要
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	莫₁
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	不要
	Yangzhou	莫₁, 不要
	Hefei	別, 不要
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咪, 咪個, 唔好
	Hong Kong	咪, 唔好, 冇
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	唔好
	Macau	唔要
	Foshan (Shunde)	咪
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	咪
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	唔好
	Taishan	唔好
	Kaiping (Chikan)	唔好
	Dongguan	咪, 唔好
	Shaoguan	咪
	Yunfu	咪, 唔好
	Yangjiang	莫₁, 無好
	Xinyi	毛
	Lianjiang	冇
	Nanning	冇要
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	咪
	Singapore (Guangfu)	咪, 唔好
Gan	Nanchang	莫₁
	Lichuan	毋要, 不要
	Pingxiang	不要
Hakka	Meixian	莫₁, 毋愛, 毋好
	Xingning	毋愛
	Huidong (Daling)	毋好
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	毋好
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	毋好
	Changting	毋要
	Liancheng	毋要
	Ninghua	毋要
	Yudu	毋要, 毋敢
	Ruijin	毋要
	Shicheng	毋要
	Shangyou (Shexi)	毋要
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	毋好
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	毋好
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	毋好
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	毋好
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	毋好
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	毋好
	Hong Kong	毋好
	Sabah (Longchuan)	毋愛
	Senai (Huiyang)	毋好
	Kuching (Hepo)	唔愛
Huizhou	Jixi	不要, 嫑
	Shexian	不要, 嫑
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	不要, 嫑
Jin	Taiyuan	不要, 不敢
Jin	Xinzhou	不要, 嫑, 播
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伓敢, 伓讓, 毋
Northern Min	Pucheng (Shibei)	伓敢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	伓通, 毋
	Fuqing	伓通
	Matsu	毋
Southern Min	Xiamen	毋通, 毋愛, 莫₂, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰
	Quanzhou	毋通, 毋愛, 甭₂, 莫用, 汰
	Zhangzhou	毋通, 莫₂, 甭₂, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰
	Zhao'an	孬
	Taipei	莫₂
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	莫去
	Kaohsiung	莫₂
	Yilan	毋通, 莫₂
	Changhua (Lukang)	莫₂
	Tainan	莫₂, 甭₂
	Penang (Hokkien)	莫₂, 毋通, 甭₂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	莫₂, 毋通, 甭₂
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋通, 甭₂
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	別
	Chaozhou	孬, 莫₂
	Shantou	孬, 莫₂
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	莫₂
	Haifeng	莫₂
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	孬
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	孬
	Penang (Teochew)	莫₂
	Singapore (Teochew)	莫₂, 孬
	Leizhou	無地
	Haikou	無用, 莫₂, 無莫
	Qionghai	無用
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無用
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	冇要
Wu	Shanghai	勿要, 𧟰
	Shanghai (Chongming)	拗
	Suzhou	𧟰
	Wuxi	𧟰
	Nantong (Haimen)	拗, 拗要, 弗要
	Danyang	弗要, 𫸻
	Hangzhou	嫑
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	弗要, 消, 𧟰
	Ningbo	莫, 甮
	Wenzhou	𧟰
	Lishui	⿰毋樂
	Qingyuan	⿰否樂
	Jinhua	𫸻, 弗要, 弗用
Xiang	Changsha	莫₁, 不要
	Loudi	不要, 莫₁
	Shuangfeng	莫₁
	Quanzhou	別