萬不得已

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	having no alternative but to; acting against one's will; having to having no alternative but to; acting against one's will; having to; imperative
trad. (萬不得已)		萬	不得已
simp. (万不得已)		万	不得已

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànbùdéyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ bat¹ dak¹ ji⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-put-tek-í

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànbùdéyǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànbùdéyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-pu⁴-tê²-i³
    • Yale: wàn-bù-dé-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannbuderyii
    • Palladius: ваньбудэи (vanʹbudɛi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ bat¹ dak¹ ji⁵
    • Yale: maahn bāt dāk yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ bat⁷ dak⁷ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ bed¹ deg¹ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-put-tek-í
    • Tâi-lô: bān-put-tik-í
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnputdek'ie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i⁵³/

Adverb

萬不得已

1. out of absolute necessity; with no other choice; as a last resort

   不是萬不得已／不是万不得已  ―  bùshì wànbùdéyǐ  ―  If we'd had any other choice, ...

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬不得已):

• → Vietnamese: vạn bất đắc dĩ (萬不得已)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
萬	不	得	已

Adverb

萬不得已

1. chữ Hán form of vạn bất đắc dĩ.