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Translingual
Han character
甭 (Kangxi radical 101, 用+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一火月手 (MFBQ), four-corner 10227, composition ⿱不用)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 756, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21713
- Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 25, character 11
- Unihan data for U+752D
Chinese
Etymology 1
From a northern dialectal pronunciation of 不用.
Pronunciation
Definitions
甭
- (dialectal Mandarin) Contraction of 不用 (“needn't”).
- (Beijing Mandarin) Indicates a rhetorical question: could it be that...; is it possible that...
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
不用 (“need not”)
| Variety
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Location
|
Words
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| Classical Chinese
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不必, 無須, 毋庸
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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不必, 毋須, 無須, 無須乎, 不待
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| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
甭, 不用, 甭用
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| Taiwan
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不用
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| Shenyang
|
甭
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| Malaysia
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不用
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| Singapore
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不用, 不必
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| Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
甭
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| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Xi'an
|
不用
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
|
不消
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| Wuhan
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不消, 用不著
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| Kunming
|
不用
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
|
用不著
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| Hefei
|
不用
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
|
唔使
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| Hong Kong
|
唔使
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| Macau
|
唔使
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| Taishan
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唔使, 冇使
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| Dongguan
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唔使
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| Yangjiang
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無使, 使乜
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| Hepu (Lianzhou)
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冇使
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| Hepu (Shatian)
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冇使
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| Beihai
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冇使
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| Beihai (Nankang)
|
冇使
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| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
冇使
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| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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冇使
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| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
冇使
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| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
冇使
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
唔使
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| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
唔使
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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不消, 用不著
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| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
唔使
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
唔使
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
唔使
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
唔使
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
唔使
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
唔使
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
唔使
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| Kuching (Hepo)
|
唔使
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
|
不用
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| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
伓讓
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| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
伓使
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| Matsu
|
伓使
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| Singapore (Fuqing)
|
伓使
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
|
毋免, 免, 毋使
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| Quanzhou
|
毋免, 免
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| Zhangzhou
|
毋免, 免, 毋使
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| Taipei
|
毋免, 免
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| Kaohsiung
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毋免, 免
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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毋免, 免
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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毋免, 免
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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毋免, 免
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| Chaozhou
|
免, 免用
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| Shantou
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免, 免用
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| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
免
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| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
免
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| Jieyang
|
免, 免用
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| Singapore (Teochew)
|
免
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| Pontianak (Teochew)
|
免
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| Wenchang
|
無用
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| Singapore (Hainanese)
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無用
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| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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唔使
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| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
勿要, 覅, 用勿著, 勿用, 好勿要, 好覅
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| Suzhou
|
用勿著
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| Ningbo
|
甮, 好甮
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| Wenzhou
|
覅用, 否用
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| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
不消
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| Shuangfeng
|
不消, 不要
|
Dialectal synonyms of
難道 (“could it be that; is it possible that”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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| Classical Chinese
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莫非, 豈, 莫不是
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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莫非, 豈, 難道, 莫不是
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| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
難道, 難不成, 甭
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| Taiwan
|
難道, 難不成
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| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Xuzhou
|
難說
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| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
唔通
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| Hong Kong
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唔通
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| Taishan
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唔成, 敢係, 唔得旨, 毋旨, 毋旨估
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| Hakka
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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無成, 敢講, 敢係
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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無成, 敢講, 敢係
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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無成, 敢講, 敢係
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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無成, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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無成, 毋成, 敢講, 敢係
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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無敢, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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敢, 總無
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| Quanzhou
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敢, 總無, 攏無
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| Zhangzhou
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敢, 總無
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| Tainan
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敢
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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敢
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| Shantou
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未是
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| Jieyang
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未是, 敢, 敢是
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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只勿
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
難算得
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| Xiang
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Changsha
|
冇過
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Etymology 2
Contraction of 毋通 (m̄-thang).
Pronunciation
Definitions
甭
- (Hokkien) do not; don't; cannot
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
別 (“do not”)
| Variety
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Location
|
Words
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| Classical Chinese
|
勿, 莫1, 毋, 無
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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別, 不要, 勿, 別要 chiefly Hong Kong
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
|
別, 別價
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| Taiwan
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別, 不要
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| Harbin
|
別
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| Malaysia
|
不要
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| Singapore
|
不要
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| Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
別, 別價, 甭價, 不要
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
別
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| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
嫑, 甭1, 休
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| Wanrong
|
嫑, 不要
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| Xi'an
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嫑, 不敢
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| Xining
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嫑
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| Xuzhou
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嫑, 休
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| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Lanzhou
|
不要
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| Ürümqi
|
嫑
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| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
莫1, 不要, 嫑
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| Wuhan
|
莫1, 不
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| Guiyang
|
不要
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| Guilin
|
莫1
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| Liuzhou
|
莫1, 莫要
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| Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
|
莫1
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
|
不要
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| Yangzhou
|
莫1, 不要
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| Hefei
|
別, 不要
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
|
咪, 咪個, 唔好
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| Hong Kong
|
咪, 唔好, 冇
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| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
唔好
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| Macau
|
唔要
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| Foshan (Shunde)
|
咪
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
咪
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
唔好
|
| Taishan
|
唔好
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
唔好
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| Dongguan
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咪, 唔好
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| Shaoguan
|
咪
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| Yunfu
|
咪, 唔好
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| Yangjiang
|
莫1, 無好
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| Xinyi
|
毛
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| Lianjiang
|
冇
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| Nanning
|
冇要
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
咪
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
咪, 唔好
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| Gan
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Nanchang
|
莫1
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| Lichuan
|
毋要, 不要
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| Pingxiang
|
不要
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| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
莫1, 毋愛, 毋好
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| Xingning
|
毋愛
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| Huidong (Daling)
|
毋好
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
毋好
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| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
毋好
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| Changting
|
毋要
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| Liancheng
|
毋要
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| Ninghua
|
毋要
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| Yudu
|
毋要, 毋敢
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| Ruijin
|
毋要
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| Shicheng
|
毋要
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| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
毋要
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
毋好
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
毋好
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
毋好
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
毋好
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
毋好
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
毋好
|
| Hong Kong
|
毋好
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
毋愛
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| Senai (Huiyang)
|
毋好
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
唔愛
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
不要, 嫑
|
| Shexian
|
不要, 嫑
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
不要, 嫑
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| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
不要, 不敢
|
| Xinzhou
|
不要, 嫑, 播
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
伓敢, 伓讓, 毋
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| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
伓敢
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
伓通, 毋
|
| Fuqing
|
伓通
|
| Matsu
|
毋
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
毋通, 毋愛, 莫2, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰
|
| Quanzhou
|
毋通, 毋愛, 甭2, 莫用, 汰
|
| Zhangzhou
|
毋通, 莫2, 甭2, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰
|
| Zhao'an
|
孬
|
| Taipei
|
莫2
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
莫去
|
| Kaohsiung
|
莫2
|
| Yilan
|
毋通, 莫2
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
莫2
|
| Tainan
|
莫2, 甭2
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
莫2, 毋通, 甭2
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
莫2, 毋通, 甭2
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| Manila (Hokkien)
|
毋通, 甭2
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| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
別
|
| Chaozhou
|
孬, 莫2
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| Shantou
|
孬, 莫2
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| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
莫2
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| Jieyang
|
孬, 莫2
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| Haifeng
|
莫2
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| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
|
孬
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
孬
|
| Penang (Teochew)
|
莫2
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
莫2, 孬
|
| Leizhou
|
無地
|
| Haikou
|
無用, 莫2, 無莫
|
| Qionghai
|
無用
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
無用
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
冇要
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
勿要, 𧟰
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
拗
|
| Suzhou
|
𧟰
|
| Wuxi
|
𧟰
|
| Nantong (Haimen)
|
拗, 拗要, 弗要
|
| Danyang
|
弗要, 𫸻
|
| Hangzhou
|
嫑
|
| Hangzhou (Yuhang)
|
弗要, 消, 𧟰
|
| Ningbo
|
莫, 甮
|
| Wenzhou
|
𧟰
|
| Lishui
|
⿰毋樂
|
| Qingyuan
|
⿰否樂
|
| Jinhua
|
𫸻, 弗要, 弗用
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
莫1, 不要
|
| Loudi
|
不要, 莫1
|
| Shuangfeng
|
莫1
|
| Quanzhou
|
別
|
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
甭
- (Hokkien) Alternative form of 莫 (mài, “do not”)
空氣中甭存寂寞甲我 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
空气中甭存寂寞甲我 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]- From: 2012, 詹雅雯, 一個人
- khong-khì tiong mài chhun siok-bo̍k kah góa [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Don't leave loneliness with me in the air.
暫時放下甭想彼多 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
暂时放下甭想彼多 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]- From: 2016, 楊哲 (lyricist 廖偉志), 燒酒乾一杯
- chiām-sî hòng-hā mài siūⁿ hiah chōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Let it go for now, and don't think of it that much.
贏甭驕傲輸甭怨嘆 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
赢甭骄傲输甭怨叹 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]- From: 2018, 洪榮宏 (lyricist 高以德), 人生車站
- iâⁿ mài kiau-ngō͘ su mài oàn-thàn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Don't be arrogant when you win; don't complain when you lose.
Etymology 4
For pronunciation and definitions of 甭 – see 棄 (“to abandon; to discard; to reject”).
(This character is a variant form of 棄). |
References
Vietnamese
Han character
甭: Hán Nôm readings: bằng
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