"不得不" meaning in Chinese

See 不得不 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /put̚² tet̚² put̚²/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ put̚⁵/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Xiamen], /put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ put̚³²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /put²⁻⁴ tik̚²⁻⁴ puk̚²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹/, /pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵/, /put̚² tet̚² put̚²/, /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ put̚⁵/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²/, /put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ put̚³²/, /put²⁻⁴ tik̚²⁻⁴ puk̚²/ Chinese transliterations: bùdébù [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ dak¹ bat¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], put-tet-put [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], put-tiak-put [Hokkien, POJ], put-tek-put [Hokkien, POJ], bud⁴ dig⁴ bug⁴ [Peng'im, Teochew], bùdébù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùdébù [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pu⁴-tê²-pu⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bù-dé-bù [Mandarin, Yale], buderbu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], будэбу [Mandarin, Palladius], budɛbu [Mandarin, Palladius], bāt dāk bāt [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ dak⁷ bat⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ deg¹ bed¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], put-tet-put [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], bud` ded` bud` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], bud⁵ ded⁵ bud⁵ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], put-tiak-put [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putdiakpud [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], put-tik-put [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putdekpud [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], pud tik puk [POJ, Teochew]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 不得不
  1. have no choice but to; cannot but; have to Synonyms: 局不局 [Hokkien] Derived forms: 人在屋檐下,不得不低頭/人在屋檐下,不得不低头 (rén zài wūyán xià, bùdébù dītóu), 箭在弦上,不得不發/箭在弦上,不得不发 (jiàn zài xián shàng, bùdébù fā)
    Sense id: en-不得不-zh-verb-XfzBWzkl Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Elementary Mandarin

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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "不得不",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "rén zài wūyán xià, bùdébù dītóu",
          "word": "人在屋檐下,不得不低頭/人在屋檐下,不得不低头"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiàn zài xián shàng, bùdébù fā",
          "word": "箭在弦上,不得不發/箭在弦上,不得不发"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "have no choice but to; cannot but; have to"
      ],
      "id": "en-不得不-zh-verb-XfzBWzkl",
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "cannot",
          "cannot"
        ],
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "have to",
          "have to"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "局不局"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdébù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ dak¹ bat¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tet-put"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tiak-put"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tek-put"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁴ dig⁴ bug⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdébù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdébù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-tê²-pu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-dé-bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buderbu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "будэбу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "budɛbu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt dāk bāt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ dak⁷ bat⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ deg¹ bed¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tet-put"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud` ded` bud`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ ded⁵ bud⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² tet̚² put̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tiak-put"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putdiakpud"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ put̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tik-put"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putdekpud"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ put̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pud tik puk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put²⁻⁴ tik̚²⁻⁴ puk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² tet̚² put̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ put̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ put̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put²⁻⁴ tik̚²⁻⁴ puk̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不得不"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "rén zài wūyán xià, bùdébù dītóu",
      "word": "人在屋檐下,不得不低頭/人在屋檐下,不得不低头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiàn zài xián shàng, bùdébù fā",
      "word": "箭在弦上,不得不發/箭在弦上,不得不发"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "不得不",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms with audio links",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese palindromes",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Elementary Mandarin",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hakka verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with audio links",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Teochew lemmas",
        "Teochew verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "have no choice but to; cannot but; have to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "cannot",
          "cannot"
        ],
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "have to",
          "have to"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdébù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ dak¹ bat¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tet-put"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tiak-put"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tek-put"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁴ dig⁴ bug⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdébù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdébù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-tê²-pu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-dé-bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buderbu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "будэбу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "budɛbu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt dāk bāt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ dak⁷ bat⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ deg¹ bed¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tet-put"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud` ded` bud`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ ded⁵ bud⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² tet̚² put̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tiak-put"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putdiakpud"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ put̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-tik-put"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putdekpud"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ put̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pud tik puk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put²⁻⁴ tik̚²⁻⁴ puk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² tet̚² put̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ put̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ put̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put²⁻⁴ tik̚²⁻⁴ puk̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "局不局"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不得不"
}

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