不得已

Chinese

 
must not; should not; not be allowed
must not; should not; not be allowed; to not receive
 
already; to stop; then
already; to stop; then; afterwards
simp. and trad.
(不得已)
不得 已

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 不 不 不 得 已 已
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 端 (5) 以 (36) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 尤 (136) 文 (60) 登 (131) 之 (19) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III I III III
Fanqie 甫鳩切 方久切 分勿切 多則切 羊己切 羊吏切
Baxter pjuw pjuwX pjut tok yiX yiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨu/ /pɨuX/ /pɨut̚/ /tək̚/ /jɨX/ /jɨH/
Pan
Wuyun
/piu/ /piuX/ /piut̚/ /tək̚/ /jɨX/ /jɨH/
Shao
Rongfen
/piəu/ /piəuX/ /piuət̚/ /tək̚/ /ieX/ /ieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puw/ /puwX/ /put̚/ /tək̚/ /jɨX/ /jɨH/
Li
Rong
/piu/ /piuX/ /piuət̚/ /tək̚/ /iəX/ /iəH/
Wang
Li
/pĭəu/ /pĭəuX/ /pĭuət̚/ /tək̚/ /jĭəX/ /jĭəH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯ə̯u/ /pi̯ə̯uX/ /pi̯uət̚/ /tək̚/ /iX/ /iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fōu fǒu fu de yǐ yì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau1 fau2 fat1 dak1 ji5 ji6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 不 不 得 已
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bù bù dé yǐ
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjuw › ‹ pjuw › ‹ tok › ‹ yiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*pə/ /*pə/ /*tˁək/ /*ɢ(r)əʔ/
English not 不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn) obtain cease; already

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 不 不 不 得 已
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1 1/1
No. 1025 1029 1048 2165 14924
Phonetic
component
不 不 不 得 已
Rime
group
之 之 物 職 之
Rime
subdivision
0 0 1 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
不 缶 弗 德 以
Old
Chinese
/*pɯ/ /*pɯʔ/ /*pɯ'/ /*tɯːɡ/ /*lɯʔ/
Notes 象花柎與本同源 中古才促化 巳轉註字

Adjective

不得已

  1. having no alternative but to; acting against one's will; having to; imperative

Synonyms

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
不得已

Adjective

不得已

  1. chữ Hán form of bất đắc dĩ.
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