要不得

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	not; no	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
trad. (要不得)		要	不	得
simp. ^#(要不得)		要	不	得

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàobùdé

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ bat¹ dak¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàobùdé → yàobudé (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ → ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨㄉㄜˊ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàobůdé
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-pu⁵-tê²
  - Yale: yàu-bu-dé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawbuder
  - Palladius: яобудэ (jaobudɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/ → /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ tɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ bat¹ dak¹
  - Yale: yiu bāt dāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ bat⁷ dak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ bed¹ deg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵/

Verb

要不得

to be no good; to be intolerable
這種做法要不得。 [MSC, trad.]
这种做法要不得。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè zhǒng zuòfǎ yàobudé. [Pinyin]
This way of doing things is no good.