大不了

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàbùliǎo → dàbuliǎo (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ → ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄌㄧㄠˇ (toneless variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbuleau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàbůliǎo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ljɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /tä⁵¹ b̥u¹ ljɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ bat¹ liu⁵
    • Yale: daaih bāt líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ bat⁷ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bed¹ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/

Adjective

大不了

1. 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

1. 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.