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Chinese
Pronunciation
Adverb
不用
- not necessary; don't; no need to
不用道歉，我不會接受。 [MSC, trad.]
不用道歉，我不会接受。 [MSC, simp.]- Bùyòng dàoqiàn, wǒ bùhuì jiēshòu.
- Don’t apologize. I won’t accept it.
這是我管的事，你就不用考慮了。 [MSC, trad.]
这是我管的事，你就不用考虑了。 [MSC, simp.]- Zhè shì wǒ guǎn de shì, nǐ jiù bùyòng kǎolǜ le.
- I'm taking care of it — you don't need to worry about it.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
不用 (“need not”)
| Variety
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Location
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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
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Beijing
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甭, 不用, 甭用
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| Taiwan
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不用
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| Shenyang
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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
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Jinan
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甭
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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不用
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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不消
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| Wuhan
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不消, 用不著
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| Kunming
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不用
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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用不著
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| Hefei
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不用
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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唔使
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| Hong Kong
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唔使
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| Macau
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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)
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冇使
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| Beihai (Yingpan)
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冇使
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| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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冇使
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| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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冇使
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| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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冇使
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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唔使
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| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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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
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Meixian
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唔使
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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唔使
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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唔使
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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唔使
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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唔使
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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唔使
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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唔使
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| Kuching (Hepo)
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唔使
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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不用
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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伓讓
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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伓使
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| Matsu
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伓使
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| Singapore (Fuqing)
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伓使
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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毋免, 免, 毋使
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| Quanzhou
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毋免, 免
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| Zhangzhou
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毋免, 免, 毋使
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| Taipei
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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
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免, 免用
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| Shantou
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免, 免用
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| Shantou (Chenghai)
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免
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| Shantou (Chaoyang)
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免
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| Jieyang
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免, 免用
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| Singapore (Teochew)
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免
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| Pontianak (Teochew)
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免
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| Wenchang
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無用
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| Singapore (Hainanese)
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無用
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| Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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唔使
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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勿要, 覅, 用勿著, 勿用, 好勿要, 好覅
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| Suzhou
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用勿著
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| Ningbo
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甮, 好甮
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| Wenzhou
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覅用, 否用
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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不消
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| Shuangfeng
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不消, 不要
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Derived terms
See also
- 不免 (bùmiǎn)
- 免不了 (miǎnbùliǎo)
- 難免／难免 (nánmiǎn)
- 未免 (wèimiǎn)
- 別／别 (bié)
Japanese
Etymology
不 (“non-”) + 用 (“use”)
| For pronunciation and definitions of 不用 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 不用, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Derived terms
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.