𣍐䆀

Chinese

	not	ugly; bad
trad. (𣍐䆀)	𣍐	䆀
simp. (𫧃䆀)	𫧃	䆀
alternative forms	袂䆀未僫／未𱏀

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bē-bái / bōe-bái

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-bái
  - Tâi-lô: bē-bái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bexbae
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /be²²⁻²¹ bai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ bai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Penang): /be²¹ bai⁴⁴⁵/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-bái
  - Tâi-lô: buē-bái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boexbae
  - IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ bai⁵³/

Adjective

𣍐䆀

(Zhangzhou, Malaysian and Taiwanese Hokkien) not bad; pretty good
𣍐䆀食／𫧃䆀食 [Hokkien] ― bē-bái chia̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― quite tasty

𣍐䆀看／𫧃䆀看 [Hokkien] ― bē-bái khòaⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― quite good to watch

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不錯 (“not bad; pretty good”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不錯
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	不錯
	Harbin	不錯, 不賴
	Malaysia	不錯
	Singapore	不錯
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	不孬, 不錯, 不賴
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	不糙
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	不錯, 不賴, 不孬
	Wanrong	不差
	Xi'an	不錯
	Xining	不錯
	Xuzhou	不孬, 不賴
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	不錯
	Lanzhou	不錯
	Ürümqi	不錯
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	不錯
	Guiyang	不錯
	Liuzhou	不錯
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	不錯
	Yangzhou	不錯, 不醜
	Nantong	不錯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔錯, 幾好
	Hong Kong	唔錯, 幾好
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	幾好
	Macau	幾好, 唔錯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	幾好
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	幾好
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	幾好
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	幾好
	Foshan	幾好
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	幾好
	Foshan (Shunde)	幾好
	Foshan (Sanshui)	唔錯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	幾好
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	幾好
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	幾好
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	幾好
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	幾好
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	幾好
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	幾好
	Taishan	唔錯, 幾好
	Kaiping (Chikan)	幾好
	Enping (Niujiang)	幾好
	Heshan (Yayao)	唔錯, 幾好
	Dongguan	唔錯, 幾好
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	幾好
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔錯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔錯, 幾好
Gan	Pingxiang	不錯
Hakka	Yudu	不錯
Huizhou	Jixi	不錯
Jin	Taiyuan	不賴
Jin	Xinzhou	不賴
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𣍐差
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	無呆
	Fuqing	也有好
	Matsu	無呆
Southern Min	Xiamen	𣍐歹
	Quanzhou	𣍐歹
	Shishi	𣍐歹
	Zhangzhou	𣍐䆀
	Zhao'an	𣍐䆀
	Taipei	𣍐䆀
	Kaohsiung	𣍐䆀
	Kinmen	𣍐歹
	Penang (Hokkien)	𣍐䆀, 𣍐歹
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𣍐歹, 莫嫌𣍐歹
	Manila (Hokkien)	𣍐歹
	Chaozhou	𣍐孬
	Shantou	𣍐孬
	Jieyang	𣍐孬
	Singapore (Teochew)	𣍐歹, 𣍐孬
	Wenchang	無錯
	Haikou	無錯
	Qionghai	無錯
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無錯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	冇錯
Wu	Shanghai	勿錯, 勿推扳
	Shanghai (Chongming)	弗推扳
	Suzhou	勿錯
	Danyang	弗錯
	Hangzhou	不錯
	Ningbo	勿錯
	Wenzhou	不毛
	Jinhua	弗㽺
Xiang	Loudi	不錯

References

“Entry #6656”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.