不失為

Chinese

		not; no	to lose; to miss; to fail	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (不失為/不失爲)		不	失	為/爲
simp. (不失为)		不	失	为
Literally: “cannot be omitted as”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùshīwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄕ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sat¹ wai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-sit-ûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùshīwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùshihwéi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-shih¹-wei²
    • Yale: bù-shr̄-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushywei
    • Palladius: бушивэй (bušivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sat¹ wai⁴
    • Yale: bāt sāt wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sat⁷ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ sed¹ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-sit-ûi
    • Tâi-lô: put-sit-uî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putsit'uii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ sit̚³²⁻⁵ ui¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²⁻⁴ ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²⁻⁴ ui²³/

Verb

不失為

1. can be counted as; may be regarded as; can be considered

Synonyms

• 算得上 (suàndeshàng)

Related terms

• 不失 (bùshī)