不由得

Chinese

		not; no	to be allowed to
simp. and trad. (不由得)		不	由得

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùyóude

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄉㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jau⁴ dak¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùyóude
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄉㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùyóude̊
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-yu²-tê⁵
  - Yale: bù-yóu-de
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyou.de
  - Palladius: буюдэ (bujudɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵ d̥ə³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ jau⁴ dak¹
  - Yale: bāt yàuh dāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jau⁴ dak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yeo⁴ deg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯²¹ tɐk̚⁵/

Adverb

不由得

can't help but (do something)
- 我不由得停住了腳步。從未見過開得這樣盛的藤蘿， [MSC, trad.]
  我不由得停住了脚步。从未见过开得这样盛的藤萝， [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1982, 宗璞 (Zong Pu), 紫藤蘿瀑布 (Waterfall of Purple Chinese Wisteria)
  Wǒ bùyóude tíngzhùle jiǎobù. Cóngwèi jiànguò kāide zhèyàng shèng de téngluó, [Pinyin]
  I couldn't help but stop walking. I had never seen Chinese Wisteria blooming so abundantly,

Synonyms

不禁 (bùjīn)
不覺／不觉 (bùjué)

Verb

不由得

to be unable to tolerate

Synonyms

(literary) 不容 (bùróng)
容不得 (róngbude)

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