不得不

Chinese

		must not; should not; not be allowed must not; should not; not be allowed; to not receive	not; no
simp. and trad. (不得不)		不得	不

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùdébù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dak¹ bat¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-tet-put
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): put-tiak-put / put-tek-put

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bud⁴ dig⁴ bug⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùdébù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùdébù
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tê²-pu⁴
    • Yale: bù-dé-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buderbu
    • Palladius: будэбу (budɛbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ dak¹ bat¹
    • Yale: bāt dāk bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dak⁷ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ deg¹ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-tet-put
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` ded` bud`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ ded⁵ bud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² tet̚² put̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tiak-put
    • Tâi-lô: put-tiak-put
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putdiakpud
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ put̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-tek-put
    • Tâi-lô: put-tik-put
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putdekpud
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ put̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bud⁴ dig⁴ bug⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pud tik puk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /put²⁻⁴ tik̚²⁻⁴ puk̚²/

Verb

不得不

1. have no choice but to; cannot but; have to

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 局不局

Derived terms

• 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)