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},
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],
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},
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],
"zh_pron": "pu⁴-chʻi³"
},
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],
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},
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},
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},
{
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"word": "对不起"
},
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"word": "惹不起"
},
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"word": "當不起"
},
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"word": "当不起"
},
{
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"word": "看不起"
},
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"word": "瞧不起"
},
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"word": "禁不起"
},
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"word": "經不起"
},
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"roman": "jīngbùqǐ",
"word": "经不起"
},
{
"roman": "wòchuángbùqǐ",
"word": "臥床不起"
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"word": "卧床不起"
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},
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],
"zh_pron": "pu⁴-chʻi³"
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"Yale"
],
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],
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],
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}
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"cannot"
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"roman": "kànbùqǐ",
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"Traditional-Chinese"
],
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"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"do not wish to ... (in contempt)"
],
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]
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ hei²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùqǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùcǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pu⁴-chʻi³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bù-chǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "buchii"
},
{
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"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "буци"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
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]
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
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},
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],
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"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
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},
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],
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"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
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},
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"roman": "liǎobùqǐ",
"word": "了不起"
},
{
"roman": "shāngbùqǐ",
"word": "傷不起"
},
{
"roman": "shāngbùqǐ",
"word": "伤不起"
},
{
"roman": "duìbùqǐ",
"word": "對不起"
},
{
"roman": "duìbùqǐ",
"word": "对不起"
},
{
"roman": "rěbùqǐ",
"word": "惹不起"
},
{
"roman": "dāngbuqǐ",
"word": "當不起"
},
{
"roman": "dāngbuqǐ",
"word": "当不起"
},
{
"roman": "kànbuqǐ",
"word": "看不起"
},
{
"roman": "qiáobuqǐ",
"word": "瞧不起"
},
{
"roman": "jīnbùqǐ",
"word": "禁不起"
},
{
"roman": "jīngbùqǐ",
"word": "經不起"
},
{
"roman": "jīngbùqǐ",
"word": "经不起"
},
{
"roman": "wòchuángbùqǐ",
"word": "臥床不起"
},
{
"roman": "wòchuángbùqǐ",
"word": "卧床不起"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "不起",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"roman": "m4 hei2",
"tags": [
"Cantonese"
],
"word": "唔起"
},
{
"roman": "m4 zyu6",
"word": "唔住"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Chinese literary terms"
],
"glosses": [
"to be unable to get up (e.g. to sickness)"
],
"links": [
[
"unable",
"unable"
],
[
"get up",
"get up"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literary) to be unable to get up (e.g. to sickness)"
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùqǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ hei²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùqǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bùcǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pu⁴-chʻi³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bù-chǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "buchii"
},
{
"roman": "buci",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "буци"
},
{
"ipa": "/pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bat¹ hei²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bāt héi"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bat⁷ hei²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bed¹ héi²"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ hei̯³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "不起"
}
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