不要緊
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See also: 不要紧
Chinese
Chinese phrasebook
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| not; no | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (不要緊) | 不 | 要緊 | |
| simp. (不要紧) | 不 | 要紧 | |
| Literally: “not important; not serious”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùyàojǐn
- Wade–Giles: pu4-yao4-chin3
- Yale: bù-yàu-jǐn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyawjiin
- Palladius: буяоцзинь (bujaoczinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 jiu3 gan2
- Yale: bāt yiu gán
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 jiu3 gan2
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 yiu3 gen2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiːu̯³³ kɐn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Interjection
不要緊
Synonyms
- (never mind, it doesn't matter):
Dialectal synonyms of 沒關係 (“it doesn't matter; never mind”)
Adjective
不要緊
- unimportant
- not critical; not serious