不惜

Chinese

		not; no	pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge
simp. and trad. (不惜)		不	惜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùxī, bùxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sik¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): put-siak / put-sek / put-sioh

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ sioh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsi¹
    • Yale: bù-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushi
    • Palladius: буси (busi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsí
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsi²
    • Yale: bù-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushyi
    • Palladius: буси (busi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sik¹
    • Yale: bāt sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 不惜 不識／不识 不適／不适

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-siak
    • Tâi-lô: put-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-sek
    • Tâi-lô: put-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putseg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-sioh
    • Tâi-lô: put-sioh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putsioiq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ sioʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ sioʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ sioʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bug⁴ sioh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk sioh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ sioʔ²/

Verb

不惜

1. to not care about; to not fret about; to not begrudge; to not spare

   不惜一切代價／不惜一切代价  ―  bùxī yīqiè dàijià  ―  at all costs

Synonyms

• 捨得／舍得 (shěde)

Derived terms

• 在所不惜 (zàisuǒbùxī)