大不了

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	not; no	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
simp. and trad. (大不了)		大	不	了

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàbùliǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ bat¹ liu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàbùliǎo → dàbuliǎo (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ → ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄅㄨㄌㄧㄠˇ (toneless variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbu5leau
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ta̠⁵¹ b̥u¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ bat¹ liu⁵
  - Yale: daaih bāt líuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ bat⁷ liu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bed¹ liu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/

Adjective

大不了

serious

沒什麼大不了的。 / 没什么大不了的。 ― Méi shénme dàbuliǎo de. ― It's no big deal.

Adverb

大不了

at worst; worse comes to worst

如果找不到工作，大不了可以教書。 [MSC, trad.]
如果找不到工作，大不了可以教书。 [MSC, simp.]
Rúguǒ zhǎobùdào gōngzuò, dàbuliǎo kěyǐ jiāoshū. [Pinyin]
If worse comes to worst and you can't find a job, you could always teach.

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