非……不可

Chinese

		(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa		cannot; should not; must not
trad. (非……不可)		非	……	不可
simp. #(非……不可)		非	……	不可

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēi ... bùkě

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ... ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹...bat¹ ho²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēi ... bùkě
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ... ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fei ... bùkě
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹ ... pu⁴-kʻo³
    • Yale: fēi ... bù-kě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fei ... buhkee
    • Palladius: фэй ... букэ (fɛj ... bukɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹...bat¹ ho²
    • Yale: fēi...bāt hó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹...bat⁷ ho²
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹...bed¹ ho²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵/

Idiom

非……不可

1. Indicates that something is bound to happen or something will certainly happen.

   今天非下雨不可。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Jīntiān fēi xiàyǔ bùkě. [Pinyin]

   It will certainly rain today.

2. Indicates that it is obligatory for someone to do something; have to, must

   今天是你奶奶的生辰，所以你非來不可。 [MSC, trad.]
   今天是你奶奶的生辰，所以你非来不可。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jīntiān shì nǐ nǎinai de shēngchén, suǒyǐ nǐ fēi lái bùkě. [Pinyin]

   It's your grandma's birthday today, so you've got to attend.

Derived terms

• 非死不可 (Fēisǐbùkě)