大不了

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàbùliǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ bat¹ liu⁵
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-put-liáu / tōa-put-liáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàbùliǎo → dàbuliǎo (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ → ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄅㄨㄌㄧㄠˇ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàbůliǎo
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pu⁵-liao³
  - Yale: dà-bu-lyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbuleau
  - Palladius: дабуляо (dabuljao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /tä⁵¹ b̥u¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ bat¹ liu⁵
  - Yale: daaih bāt líuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ bat⁷ liu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bed¹ liu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-put-liáu
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-put-liáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixputliao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-put-liáu
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-put-liáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxputliao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁵³/

Adjective

大不了

serious
沒什麼大不了的。／没什么大不了的。 ― Méi shénme dàbuliǎo de. ― It's no big deal.

Adverb

大不了

at worst; worse comes to worst
如果找不到工作，大不了可以教書。 [MSC, trad.]
如果找不到工作，大不了可以教书。 [MSC, simp.]
Rúguǒ zhǎobudào gōngzuò, dàbuliǎo kěyǐ jiāoshū. [Pinyin]
If worse comes to worst and you can't find a job, you could always teach.

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