毋甘

Chinese

		no; not	sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (毋甘)		毋	甘
alternative forms		伓甘不甘

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ng⁵ gang¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): m̄-kam

(Teochew, Peng'im): m⁵ gam¹

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ng⁵ gang¹ [Phonetic: ng⁵ ngang¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: n̄g-gang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹¹ ^(k-)ŋaŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ng⁵ gang¹ [Phonetic: ng⁵ ngang¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹ ^(k-)ŋaŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄-kam
  - Tâi-lô: m̄-kam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mxkafm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /m̩²²⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /m̩⁴¹⁻²² kam³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /m̩²²⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /m̩³³⁻¹¹ kam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /m̩³³⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: m⁵ gam¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: m̂ kam
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /m⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kam³³/

Verb

毋甘

(Hokkien, Teochew, Puxian Min) to hate to part with; to be unwilling to let go of; to begrudge

Synonyms

不捨得 / 不舍得 (bùshěde)
勿捨得 / 勿舍得 (⁸veq ¹so-teq) (Wu)
吝惜 (lìnxī)
唔捨得 / 唔舍得 (m⁴ se² dak¹) (Cantonese, colloquial)
心疼 (xīnténg)
捨不得 / 舍不得
捨勿得 / 舍勿得 (⁵so-veq-teq) (Wu)
𣍐出 / 𫧃出 (Puxian Min)
𣍐出得 / 𫧃出得 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
𣍐省得 / 𫧃省得 (mài-sǎng-dă̤) (Northern Min)
肉痛 (ròutòng) (regional)
肉赤 (juk⁶ cek³) (Cantonese)

Antonyms

捨得／舍得 (shěde)

Derived terms

未食五日節粽，破裘毋甘放 / 未食五日节粽，破裘毋甘放

Adjective

毋甘

(Taiwanese Hokkien) sad; disturbed