可不

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kěbù

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² bat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kěbù → kěbu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ → ㄎㄜˇ ˙ㄅㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kěbů
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo³-pu⁵
  - Yale: kě-bu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keebu
  - Palladius: кэбу (kɛbu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/ → /kʰɤ²¹⁴ b̥u⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho² bat¹
  - Yale: hó bāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho² bat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho² bed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵/

Interjection

可不

you're absolutely right!; right!; exactly!; isn't that so?

Phrase

可不

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 可,‎ 不.

See also

可不是 (kěbù shì)

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