不下

Chinese

		not; no	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (不下)		不	下

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùxià

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ haa⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùxià [Phonetic: búxià]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùsià
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsia⁴
  - Yale: bù-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushiah
  - Palladius: буся (busja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ haa⁶
  - Yale: bāt hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/

Verb

不下

(formal) to be not less than
(formal) to not be inferior to
(literary) to not concede
(literary) to not capture
used after a verb to indicate inability or incompletion
這空兒不夠，放不下洗衣機。 [MSC, trad.]
这空儿不够，放不下洗衣机。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhèi kòngr bùgòu, fàng bùxià xǐyījī. [Pinyin]
This space is not enough to put a washing machine in.

Synonyms

(to be not less than): 不下於／不下于 (bùxiàyú)
(to be not inferior to): 不下於／不下于 (bùxiàyú)

Derived terms

僵持不下 (jiāngchíbùxià)
容不下 (róngbùxià)

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