"不為" meaning in 漢語

See 不為 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, IPA] Forms: 不为 [Simplified-Chinese], 不爲 [Traditional-Chinese]
  1. 不做 Tags: literary
    Sense id: zh-不為-zh-verb-lQ58aV9b Categories (other): 有引文的文言文詞, 漢語書面用語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 不为 [Simplified-Chinese], 不爲 [Traditional-Chinese]
  1. 不替
    Sense id: zh-不為-zh-verb-LXCLr5ik Categories (other): 有使用例的官話詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「不」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「為」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "不为",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "不爲",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有引文的文言文詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "漢語書面用語",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《道德經》,公元前4世紀",
          "roman": "Dào cháng wúwéi ér wúbùwéi.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "道常無為而無不為。",
          "translation": "什麼都不做,卻又事事順利。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《道德經》,公元前4世紀",
          "roman": "Dào cháng wúwéi ér wúbùwéi.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "道常无为而无不为。",
          "translation": "什麼都不做,卻又事事順利。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "不做"
      ],
      "id": "zh-不為-zh-verb-lQ58aV9b",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bù-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "buwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бувэй (buvɛj)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bāt wàih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat⁷ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bed¹ wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "不為"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「不」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「為」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有不字且有變調的官話詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "不为",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "不爲",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有使用例的官話詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "roman": "Nǐ bùwèi wǒ xiǎngxiǎng, yě yào wèi māmā xiǎngxiǎng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Standard Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "你不為我想想,也要為媽媽想想。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "roman": "Nǐ bùwèi wǒ xiǎngxiǎng, yě yào wèi māmā xiǎngxiǎng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Standard Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "你不为我想想,也要为妈妈想想。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "不替"
      ],
      "id": "zh-不為-zh-verb-LXCLr5ik"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùwèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùwèi [實際讀音:búwèi]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùwèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴-wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bù-wèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "buwey"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бувэй (buvɛj)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "不為"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話動詞",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「不」的漢語詞",
    "帶「為」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語動詞",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語動詞",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "不为",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "不爲",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "有引文的文言文詞",
        "漢語書面用語"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《道德經》,公元前4世紀",
          "roman": "Dào cháng wúwéi ér wúbùwéi.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "道常無為而無不為。",
          "translation": "什麼都不做,卻又事事順利。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《道德經》,公元前4世紀",
          "roman": "Dào cháng wúwéi ér wúbùwéi.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "道常无为而无不为。",
          "translation": "什麼都不做,卻又事事順利。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "不做"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bù-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "buwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бувэй (buvɛj)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat¹ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bāt wàih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bat⁷ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bed¹ wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "不為"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "官話動詞",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「不」的漢語詞",
    "帶「為」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有不字且有變調的官話詞",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語動詞",
    "漢語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "不为",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "不爲",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "有使用例的官話詞"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "roman": "Nǐ bùwèi wǒ xiǎngxiǎng, yě yào wèi māmā xiǎngxiǎng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Standard Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "你不為我想想,也要為媽媽想想。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "roman": "Nǐ bùwèi wǒ xiǎngxiǎng, yě yào wèi māmā xiǎngxiǎng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Standard Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "你不为我想想,也要为妈妈想想。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "不替"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùwèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùwèi [實際讀音:búwèi]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bùwèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pu⁴-wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bù-wèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "buwey"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бувэй (buvɛj)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "不為"
}

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