缺一不可

Chinese

		lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	cannot; should not; must not
trad. (缺一不可)		缺	一	不可
simp. #(缺一不可)		缺	一	不可

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quēyībùkě

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ jat¹ bat¹ ho²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quēyībùkě [Phonetic: quēyìbùkě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyueyibùkě
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹-i¹-pu⁴-kʻo³
    • Yale: chywē-yī-bù-kě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiueibukee
    • Palladius: цюэибукэ (cjueibukɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ 不ke²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ jat¹ bat¹ ho²
    • Yale: kyut yāt bāt hó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ jat⁷ bat⁷ ho²
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ yed¹ bed¹ ho²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ jɐt̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵/

Idiom

缺一不可

1. not a single one is dispensable; none can be absent