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

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• 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

1. (formal) to be not less than
2. (formal) to not be inferior to
3. (literary) to not concede
4. (literary) to not capture
5. 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)