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不能不

不能不

Chinese

		cannot; must not; should not	not; no; (negative prefix)
simp. and trad. (不能不)		不能	不

Verb

不能不

to have to; cannot but

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bùnéng bù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ nang⁴ bat¹
Min Nan (POJ): put-lêng-put

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùnéng bù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buneng bu
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ nang⁴ bat¹
  - Yale: bāt nàhng bāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ nang⁴ bat⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ nɐŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-lêng-put
  - Tâi-lô: put-lîng-put
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putlengpud
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ liɪŋ¹³⁻²² put̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɪŋ²³⁻³³ put̚³²/