不該

Chinese

		not; no	that; the above-mentioned; most likely that; the above-mentioned; most likely; to deserve; should; ought to; owe
trad. (不該)		不	該
simp. (不该)		不	该

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùgāi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ goi¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-kai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùgāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùgai
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kai¹
  - Yale: bù-gāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugai
  - Palladius: бугай (bugaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ goi¹
  - Yale: bāt gōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ goi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ goi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɔːi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kai
  - Tâi-lô: put-kai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putkay
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kai³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ kai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kai⁴⁴/

Verb

不該

should not
你不該干涉他的私事。 [MSC, trad.]
你不该干涉他的私事。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ bùgāi gānshè tā de sīshì. [Pinyin]
You should not interfere with his private business.
to not owe

Usage notes

Sometimes the Mandarin pronunciation of this word is used as a euphemism of 仆街 (puk¹ gaai¹) in Cantonese.

Derived terms

千不該萬不該／千不该万不该
命不該絕／命不该绝
沒下脣就不該攬著簫吹／没下唇就不该揽著箫吹

See also

(Cantonese) 唔該／唔该

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