不客氣

不客氣

See also: 不客气

Chinese

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		not; no	to be polite; to behave in a courteous manner; polite to be polite; to behave in a courteous manner; polite; courteous; civil
trad. (不客氣)		不	客氣
simp. (不客气)		不	客气
Literally: “don't be (so) polite”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù kèqi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˋ ˙ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ haak³ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bù kèqi [Phonetic: bú kèqi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˋ ˙ㄑㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu keh.chi
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ haak³ hei³
    • Yale: bāt haak hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ haak⁸ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ hag³ héi³
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ häːk̚³ hei̯³³/

Interjection

不客氣

1. you're welcome
2. no, thanks

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不客氣 (“you're welcome”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不客氣
Mandarin	Beijing	不客氣, 別客氣, 不用客氣, 不謝, 不用謝, 應該的, 沒事兒
	Taiwan	不客氣, 別客氣, 不用客氣, 不謝, 不用謝, 應該的, 不會
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔使客氣, 應該嘅
	Hong Kong	唔使客氣, 唔使, 應該嘅, 乜說話
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	毋使細義
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	毋使細義
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	毋使細義
	Dongshi (Dabu)	毋使細義
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	毋使細義
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	毋使細義
Min Nan	Taipei	免客氣
	Kaohsiung	免客氣
	Yilan	免客氣
	Penang	免客氣
	Chaozhou	免客氣, 莫客氣
Wu	Shanghai	勿要客氣