不起

Chinese

		not; no	to rise; to raise; to get up
simp. and trad. (不起)		不	起

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùqǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ hei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùqǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4chii
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ hei²
  - Yale: bāt héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ héi²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hei̯³⁵/

Particle

不起

(used after verbs) cannot afford to ...

買不起 / 买不起 ― mǎi bùqǐ ― too expensive to buy

玩不起 ― wán bùqǐ ― cannot afford to be played

牙醫貴到我都看不起了。 [MSC, trad.]
牙医贵到我都看不起了。 [MSC, simp.]
Yáyī guì dào wǒ dōu kàn bùqǐ le. [Pinyin]
Dentists are so expensive that I can't afford to go to visit.
(used after verbs) do not wish to ... (in contempt)

看不起 ― kànbùqǐ ― to look down upon

See also

(Cantonese) 唔起 (m4 hei2), 唔住 (m4 zyu6)

Derived terms

了不起 (liǎobùqǐ)
傷不起／伤不起 (shāngbùqǐ)
對不起／对不起 (duìbùqǐ)
惹不起 (rěbùqǐ)

看不起 (kànbuqǐ)
瞧不起 (qiáobuqǐ)
禁不起 (jīnbùqǐ)
經不起／经不起 (jīngbùqǐ)

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