巴不得

Chinese

		to wait	unable to
simp. and trad. (巴不得)		巴	不得

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bābudé, bābude

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ˙ㄅㄨㄉㄜˊ, ㄅㄚ ˙ㄅㄨ ˙ㄉㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ bat¹ dak¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pâ-put-tet
Min Nan (POJ): pa-put-tek / pa-put-tit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: bābudé
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ˙ㄅㄨㄉㄜˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: babu5der
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ b̥u² tɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: bābude
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ˙ㄅㄨ ˙ㄉㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: babu5.de
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ b̥u² d̥ə¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ bat¹ dak¹
  - Yale: bā bāt dāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ bat⁷ dak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ bed¹ deg¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâ-put-tet
  - Hakka Romanization System: ba´ bud` ded`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹ bud⁵ ded⁵
  - IPA: /pa²⁴ put̚² tet̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa-put-tek
  - Tâi-lô: pa-put-tik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pa'putdeg
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa-put-tit
  - Tâi-lô: pa-put-tit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pa'putdid
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚⁵/

Verb

巴不得

(colloquial) to be only too anxious (to do something); to eagerly look forward to

我巴不得你快回家！ [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Wǒ bābude nǐ kuài huíjiā! [Pinyin]
I can't wait for you to come home!

Synonyms

恨不得 (hènbude)
恨不能 (hènbunéng)

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