不至於

See also: 不至于

Chinese

		not; no	to go so far as to; as for; as to
trad. (不至於)		不	至於
simp. (不至于)		不	至于

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzhìyú

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˋ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zi³ jyu¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-chṳ-yî
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): put-chì-ir / put-chì-u / put-chì-i

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhìyú [Phonetic: búzhìyú] → bùzhìyu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˋ ㄩˊ → ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˋ ˙ㄩ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhìhyů
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chih⁴-yü⁵
  - Yale: bù-jr̀-yu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujyh.yu
  - Palladius: бучжиюй (bučžijuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ y³⁵/ → /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ y¹/
  - Homophones:
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    不至於／不至于
    不致於／不致于
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zi³ jyu¹
  - Yale: bāt ji yū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzi³ jy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ji³ yu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³³ jyː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-chṳ-yî
  - Hakka Romanization System: bud` zii i´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ zi⁴ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /put̚² t͡sɨ⁵⁵ i²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-chṳ-yî
  - Hakka Romanization System: bud` zii (r)i´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ zi⁴ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /put̚² t͡sɨ⁵⁵ (j)i²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chì-ir
  - Tâi-lô: put-tsì-ir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chì-u
  - Tâi-lô: put-tsì-u
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putcie'w
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ u⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chì-i
  - Tâi-lô: put-tsì-i
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putcie'y
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ i⁴⁴/

Adverb

不至於

cannot go so far; unlikely
凡事要先搞清楚性質才不至於出錯。 [MSC, trad.]
凡事要先搞清楚性质才不至于出错。 [MSC, simp.]
Fánshì yào xiān gǎo qīngchǔ xìngzhì cái bùzhìyú chūcuò. [Pinyin]
An understanding of the nature of things is needed to avoid making mistakes.

我明白他火大的原因，但他不至於傷害你吧？ [MSC, trad.]
我明白他火大的原因，但他不至于伤害你吧？ [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ míngbái tā huǒdà de yuányīn, dàn tā bùzhìyú shānghài nǐ ba? [Pinyin]
I get why he's upset, but he wouldn't go so far as to hurt you, would he?