不行

Chinese

not; no
 
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad.
(不行)
不 行

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 不 不 不 行
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 2/4
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 尤 (136) 物 (60) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Open
Division (等) III III III II
Fanqie 甫鳩切 方久切 分勿切 戸庚切
Baxter pjuw pjuwX pjut haeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨu/ /pɨuX/ /pɨut̚/ /ɦˠæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/piu/ /piuX/ /piut̚/ /ɦᵚaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/piəu/ /piəuX/ /piuət̚/ /ɣaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puw/ /puwX/ /put̚/ /ɦaɨjŋ/
Li
Rong
/piu/ /piuX/ /piuət̚/ /ɣɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/pĭəu/ /pĭəuX/ /pĭuət̚/ /ɣɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯ə̯u/ /pi̯ə̯uX/ /pi̯uət̚/ /ɣɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fōu fǒu fu héng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau1 fau2 fat1 hang4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 不 行
Reading # 1/2 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bù xíng
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjuw › ‹ hæng ›
Old
Chinese
/*pə/ /*Cə.[ɡ]ˁraŋ/
English not walk (v.)

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 行
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 3/4
No. 1025 1029 1048 13867
Phonetic
component
不 不 不 行
Rime
group
之 之 物 陽
Rime
subdivision
0 0 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
不 缶 弗 行
Old
Chinese
/*pɯ/ /*pɯʔ/ /*pɯ'/ /*ɡraːŋ/
Notes 象花柎與本同源 中古才促化

Adjective

不行

  1. unacceptable; out of the question; won't do
    老王啊,這可不行! [MSC, trad.]
    老王啊,这可不行! [MSC, simp.]
    Lǎo Wáng a, zhè kě bùxíng! [Pinyin]
    Old Wang, this won't do!
    恐怕搬家是萬萬不行的。 [MSC, trad.]
    恐怕搬家是万万不行的。 [MSC, simp.]
    Kǒngpà bānjiā shì wànwàn bùxíng de. [Pinyin]
    Unfortunately, moving is out of the question.
  2. no good; poor; incapable; incompetent

Synonyms

Verb

不行

  1. (euphemistic) to be about to die, (usually followed by 了)
  2. (archaic) to not implement; to not put into practice; to not practice

Adverb

不行

  1. awfully; a lot; terribly
    喜歡得不行/喜欢得不行  ―  xǐhuān de bùxíng  ―  to like a lot
    懶得不行/懒得不行  ―  lǎn de bùxíng  ―  terribly lazy

Usage notes

When used as an adverb, 不行 (bùxíng) must be placed after 得 (de).

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不行):
  • → Japanese: 不行(ふこう) (fukō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 行
ふ
Grade: 4
こう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

不(ふ)行(こう) • (fukō) 

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