要不得

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yàobùdé → yàobudé (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ → ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄉㄜˊ (toneless variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawbuder
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàobůdé
    • IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/ → /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ 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

1. 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.