不可

Chinese

not; no
 
can; may; able to
can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
simp. and trad.
(不可)
anagram 可不

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Initial () (1) (1) (1) (29)
Final () (136) (136) (60) (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Open
Division () III III III I
Fanqie
Baxter pjuw pjuwX pjut khaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨu/ /pɨuX/ /pɨut̚/ /kʰɑX/
Pan
Wuyun
/piu/ /piuX/ /piut̚/ /kʰɑX/
Shao
Rongfen
/piəu/ /piəuX/ /piuət̚/ /kʰɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puw/ /puwX/ /put̚/ /kʰaX/
Li
Rong
/piu/ /piuX/ /piuət̚/ /kʰɑX/
Wang
Li
/pĭəu/ /pĭəuX/ /pĭuət̚/ /kʰɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯ə̯u/ /pi̯ə̯uX/ /pi̯uət̚/ /kʰɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fōu fǒu fu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau1 fau2 fat1 ho2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjuw › ‹ khaX ›
Old
Chinese
/*pə/ /*[k]ʰˁa[j]ʔ/
English not may; acceptable

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
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
No. 1025 1029 1048 7446
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pɯ/ /*pɯʔ/ /*pɯ'/ /*kʰaːlʔ/
Notes

Verb

不可

  1. (auxiliary) cannot
    不可替代   bùkě tìdài   to be irreplaceable
    有權不可任性有权不可任性   Yǒuquán bùkě rènxìng.   Those who have power cannot be wilful. (Power is not to be used arbitrarily.)
  2. should not; must not
    不可   Nǐ fēi qù bùkě.   You must go.

Usage notes

In the sense should not, 不可 (bùkě) is usually preceded by (fēi) in the structure ……不可 (fēi...bùkě), meaning must.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不可):
  • Japanese: 不可(ふか) (fuka)
  • Korean: 불가(不可) (bulga)
  • Vietnamese: bất khả (不可)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

The prefix () (fu-) + () (ka).

Noun

()() • (fuka) 

  1. being bad or unacceptable
  2. a failing grade on a test

Antonyms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  • Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

不可

  1. chữ Hán form of bất khả.

Adjective

不可

  1. chữ Hán form of bất khả.
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