缺一不可

Chinese

		lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	cannot; should not; must not
trad. (缺一不可)		缺	一	不可
simp. ^#(缺一不可)		缺	一	不可

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quēyībùkě

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝㄧㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ jat¹ bat¹ ho²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quēyībùkě [Phonetic: quēyìbùkě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝㄧㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyueyibùkě
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹-i¹-pu⁴-kʻo³
  - Yale: chywē-yī-bù-kě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiueibukee
  - Palladius: цюэибукэ (cjueibukɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ 不ke²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kyut³ jat¹ bat¹ ho²
  - Yale: kyut yāt bāt hó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ jat⁷ bat⁷ ho²
  - Guangdong Romanization: küd³ yed¹ bed¹ ho²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ jɐt̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵/

Idiom

缺一不可

not a single one is dispensable; none can be absent

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