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Pronunciation[edit]
Particle[edit]
不起
- (used after verbs) cannot afford to ...
- 買不起/买不起 ― mǎi bùqǐ ― too expensive to buy
- 玩不起 ― wán bùqǐ ― cannot afford to be played
牙醫貴到我都看不起了。 [MSC, trad.]
牙医贵到我都看不起了。 [MSC, simp.]- Yáyī guì dào wǒ dōu kàn bùqǐ le. [Pinyin]
- Dentists are so expensive that I can't afford to go to visit.
- 對不起/对不起 ― duìbùqǐ ― cannot afford to face [the other party] [due to shame] → sorry
- (used after verbs) do not wish to ... (in contempt)
- 看不起 ― kànbùqǐ ― to look down upon
不起
- (literary) to be unable to get up (e.g. to sickness)
See also[edit]
- (Cantonese) 唔起 (m4 hei2), 唔住 (m4 zyu6)
Derived terms[edit]