Cantonese Dictionary

不行

bat1 hang4

Mandarin: bu4 xing2

impossible | [粵]: 唔得

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不行了

bat1 hang4 liu5

Mandarin: bu4 xing2 le5

on the point of death; dying

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不褪色的

bat1 tan3 sik1 dik1

Mandarin: bu4 tun4 se4 de5

colorfast (said of textiles)

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不要

bat1 jiu3

Mandarin: bu4*2 yao4

[1] do not want; do not desire | Cant.: 唔要; 唔愛 [2] do not; must not | Cant.: 咪; 唔好; 唔愛 | Syn.: 勿 (formal written); 別 (actually a contraction of "不要")

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不要吵

bat1 jiu3 caau2

Mandarin: bu2 yao4 chao3

shut up [Syn.] 別吵 [粵]: 咪嘈 , 冇嘈

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不要緊

bat1 jiu3 gan2

Mandarin: bu4*2 yao4 jin3

[1] unimportant; not critical [2] it doesn't matter; never mind. Cant.: 冇相干. [ ] Cant.: 唔緊要

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不要臉

bat1 jiu3 lim5*2

Mandarin: bu4 yao4 lian3

having no sense of shame; shameless [粵]: 唔知醜

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不要面

bat1 jiu3 min6

Mandarin: bu4 yao4 mian4

 Shameless

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不要面

bat1 jiu3 min6*2

be shameless

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不要面子

bat1 jiu3 min6*2 zi2

be shameless

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不見

bat1 gin3

Mandarin: bu4*2 jian4

not see; not meet; unable to find | Cant.: 唔見

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不見不散

bat1 gin3 bat1 saan3

Mandarin: bu2 jian4 bu2 san4

not leaving untill seeing each other. (Lit. not see not leave)

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不見了

bat1 gin3 liu5

Mandarin: bu4 jian4 le5

disappear; be missing | Cant.: 唔見咗

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不見得

bat1 gin3 dak1

Mandarin: bu4jian4de5

Simplified: 不见得

(verb) Be not see

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不見森林

bat1 gin3 sam1 lam4

Mandarin: bu4 jian4 sen1 lin2

fail to see the wood for the trees

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不見棺材不落淚

bat1 gin3 gun1 coi4 bat1 lok6 leoi6

Mandarin: bu4 jian4 guan1 cai2 bu4 luo4 lei4

not shed a tear until one sees the coffin - refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality

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不見的

bat1 gin3 dik1

Mandarin: bu4 jian4 de5

[adj] missing

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不見經傳

bat1 gin3 ging1 zyun6

Mandarin: bu4 jian4 jing1 zhuan4

not to be found in the classics

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不規則

bat1 kwai1 zak1

Mandarin: bu4 gui1 ze2

[adj] irregular; [n] anomaly

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不規則動詞

bat1 kwai1 zak1 dung6 ci4

Mandarin: bu4 gui1 ze2 dong4 ci2

[grammar] irregular verb

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不規則的

bat1 kwai1 zak1 dik1

Mandarin: bu4 gui1 ze2 de5

anomalistic

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不規矩

bat1 kwai1 geoi2

Mandarin: bu4 gui1 ju3

misconduct

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不覺

bat1 gok3

Mandarin: bu4 jue2

unconsciously | Also 不知不覺

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不覺察

bat1 gok3 caat3

Mandarin: bu4 jue2 cha2

unaware

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不解

bat1 gaai2

Mandarin: bu4 jie3

[1] not understand | Cant.: 唔明 | Syn.: 不明 [2] indissoluble

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不言而喻

bat1 jin4 ji4 jyu6

Mandarin: bu4 yan2 er2 yu4

it goes without saying; it's self-evident

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不言自明的

bat1 jin4 zi6 ming4 dik1

Mandarin: bu4 yan2 zi4 ming2 de5

axiomatic(al)

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不記名投票

bat1 gei3 ming4 tau4 piu3

Mandarin: bu4 ji4 ming2 tou2 piao4

secret ballot

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不設找續

bat1 cit3 zaau2 zuk6

Mandarin: bu2 she4 zhao3 shu2

change (money) is not provided. Note that this is also seen as 不設找贖.

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不設找贖

bat1 cit3 zaau2 zuk6

Mandarin: bu2 she4 zhao3 shu2

change (money) is not provided

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