不了

Chinese

		not; no	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
simp. and trad. (不了)		不	了

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bùliǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bu² niao³
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ liu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùliǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùliǎo
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-liao³
  - Yale: bù-lyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buleau
  - Palladius: буляо (buljao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bu² niao³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: buliao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹ niau⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ liu⁵
  - Yale: bāt líuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ liu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ liu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/

Verb

不了

to be unfinished; to keep going on without end; to be unresolved
不了了之 ― bùliǎoliǎozhī ― to leave [it] unresolved
to be unable to
忘不了 ― wàng bùliǎo ― [I] cannot forget; unforgettable
to be unable to be finished
吃不了 ― chī bùliǎo ― [I] cannot eat up
to be unclear; to not understand

Adverb

不了

(Sichuanese) not just; not only
- 不了用三元錢，用了七元多 [Sichuanese, trad.]
  不了用三元钱，用了七元多 [Sichuanese, simp.]
  From: 成都方言詞典
  Bu² niao³ yong⁴ san¹ yuan² qian², yong⁴ no³ qi² yuan² do¹ [Sichuanese Pinyin]
  (I) did not just spend three yuan, but over seven yuan.

Phrase

不了

(Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, neologism) thanks, but no thanks

Derived terms

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