不愧

Chinese

		not; no	ashamed
trad. (不愧)		不	愧
simp. ^#(不愧)		不	愧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùkuì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ kwai⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-khùi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùkuì [Phonetic: búkuì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùkuèi
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻuei⁴
  - Yale: bù-kwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukuey
  - Palladius: букуй (bukuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ kwai⁵
  - Yale: bāt kwáih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ kwai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ kuei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʷʰɐi̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-khùi
  - Tâi-lô: put-khuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putquix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰui²¹/

Adverb

不愧

deserving to be called; being worthy of the title; proving oneself to be

Usage notes

Usually followed by 是 (shì) or 為／为 (wéi). Not be confused with the verb 無愧／无愧 (wúkuì).

Synonyms

(literary) 不失 (bùshī)