不倒

Chinese

		not; no	upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt
simp. and trad. (不倒)		不	倒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùdǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùdǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tao³
    • Yale: bù-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budao
    • Palladius: будао (budao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

不倒

1. (literary) to be unable to be knocked down
2. (literary) to not stop; to not cease; to be continuous

Synonyms

• (to not stop):

• 不休 (bùxiū)
• 不停 (bùtíng)
• 不已 (bùyǐ)
• 不斷／不断 (bùduàn)
• 不迭 (bùdié)
• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 延續／延续 (yánxù)
• 持續／持续 (chíxù)
• 接 (jiē)
• 接續／接续 (jiēxù)
• 秉承 (bǐngchéng)
• 繼／继 (jì)
• 繼承／继承 (jìchéng)
• 繼續／继续 (jìxù)

 

Derived terms

• 不倒翁 (bùdǎowēng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	倒
ふ Grade: 4	とう Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

By surface analysis, 不 (fu, “can not, un-”) +‎ 倒 (tō, “knock down, defeat”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふとー [fùtóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝto̞ː]

Noun

不(ふ)倒(とう) • (futō) 

1. unbeatability, undefeatability
2. inability to be knocked down

Usage notes

• Also used adjectivally using の (no).