Chinese Word Entry

大不了
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
Mandarin (Pinyin): dà bù liǎo
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai6 bat1 liu5
Definitions:
  1. at worst; if worst comes to worst

  2. (usu in the negative) serious; alarming


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Chinese characters used in this word

large, big, great, vast, high
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄚˋ (dà), ㄉㄞˋ (dài), ㄊㄞˋ (tài)
Cantonese: daai6
Japanese: ダイ (dai)、 タイ (tai)、 タ (ta) / おお- (oo-)、 おお.きい (ookii)、 -おお.いに (-ooini)、 はじめ (hajime)、 おおいに (ooini)
Korean: 대 (dae), 다 (da), 태 (tae)
Vietnamese: đại, thái

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy, no, not, un-, negative prefix
Readings
Mandarin: ㄅㄨˋ (bù), ㄅㄨˊ (bú), ㄈㄡˇ (fǒu), ㄈㄡ (fōu), ㄈㄨ (fū)
Cantonese: bat1
Japanese: フ (fu)、 ブ (bu)、 フツ (futsu)、 ヒ (hi) / せず (sezu)、 にあらず (niarazu)、 いなや (inaya)
Korean: 부 (bu), 불 (bul)
Vietnamese: bất, phầu, phủ, phi

complete, finish, to finish, particle of completed action
Readings
Mandarin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ (liǎo), ㄌㄜ˙ (le), ㄌㄧㄠˋ (liào)
Cantonese: liu5
Japanese: リョウ (ryou) / おわる (owaru)、 ついに (tsuini)
Korean: 료 (ryo), 요 (yo)
Vietnamese: liễu