不拘

不拘

Chinese

		not; no	adhere; capture; restrain
simp. and trad. (不拘)		不	拘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ keoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjyu
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chü¹
    • Yale: bù-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujiu
    • Palladius: буцзюй (buczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ keoi¹
    • Yale: bāt kēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ koey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ kêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

Verb

不拘

1. (literary) to not confine oneself to; to set no limit to; to not stick to
2. to not take for oneself

Synonyms

• (to not confine oneself to): (literary) 不羈／不羁 (bùjī)

Derived terms

不拘一格 (bùjūyīgé) 疏宕不拘 不拘小節／不拘小节 (bùjūxiǎojié) 不拘細行／不拘细行

放縱不拘／放纵不拘 病不拘禮／病不拘礼 老不拘禮／老不拘礼 通脫不拘／通脱不拘

Conjunction

不拘

1. no matter (what, how, etc.); regardless of; whether

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 不拘

不管 (bùguǎn) 勿怪 (Wu) 勿管 (Wu) 不論／不论 (bùlùn) 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng) 別管／别管 (biéguǎn)

勿論／勿论 (Wu) 憑／凭 (píng) (colloquial) 無管／无管 (wúguǎn) (literary or Min Nan) 無論／无论 (wúlùn) 隨便／随便 (suíbiàn)