要不得

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	not; no	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
simp. and trad. (要不得)		要	不	得

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàobùdé

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ bat¹ dak¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yàobùdé → yàobudé (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ → ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨㄉㄜˊ (toneless variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawbu5der
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/ → /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ tɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ bat¹ dak¹
  - Yale: yiu bāt dāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ bat⁷ dak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ bed¹ deg¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵/

Verb

要不得

to be no good; to be intolerable

道理無窮，學者先要不得有自足心。 [MSC, trad.]
道理无穷，学者先要不得有自足心。 [MSC, simp.]
Dàolǐ wúqióng, xuézhě xiān yàobudé yǒu zìzú xīn. [Pinyin]
Truth is infinite; a scholar cannot afford to have a complacent attitude.

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