不要太

Chinese

		to not want; not going to; will not	too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
trad. (不要太)		不要	太
simp. ^#(不要太)		不要	太
Literally: “not too”.

Etymology

Calque of Wu 勿要忒 (⁸veq-iau ⁷theq), a slang expression peculiar to Southern China, particularly Jiangsu, Shanghai.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùyàotài

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄞˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùyàotài [Phonetic: búyàotài]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùyàotài
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-yao⁴-tʻai⁴
  - Yale: bù-yàu-tài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyawtay
  - Palladius: буяотай (bujaotaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

Adverb

不要太

(slang) very; highly; lit. couldn't be more
老師不要太嚴格。 [MSC, trad.]
老师不要太严格。 [MSC, simp.]
Lǎoshī bùyàotài yángé. [Pinyin]
The teacher can't get any stricter.

Synonyms

十分 (shífēn)
壞／坏 (huài)
孔 (kǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
很 (hěn)
極其／极其 (jíqí)
極度／极度 (jídù)
極為／极为 (jíwéi)
極端／极端 (jíduān)
滾／滚 (gǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
異常／异常 (yìcháng)
老大 (lǎodà) (colloquial, usually in the negative)
良
超 (chāo)
非常 (fēicháng)
頗／颇 (pō) (literary)
頗為／颇为 (pōwéi) (literary)

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