不禁

Chinese

		not; no	to prohibit; to forbid; endure
trad. (不禁)		不	禁
simp. #(不禁)		不	禁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gam¹, bat¹ kam¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): put-kìm / put-kim

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ gim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjin
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chin¹
    • Yale: bù-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujin
    • Palladius: буцзинь (buczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gam¹, bat¹ kam¹
    • Yale: bāt gām, bāt kām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gam¹, bat⁷ kam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gem¹, bed¹ kem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kìm
    • Tâi-lô: put-kìm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putkixm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kim⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kim²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kim¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kim
    • Tâi-lô: put-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putkym
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kim⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bug⁴ gim¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk kim
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ kim³³/

Adverb

不禁

1. can't help but (do something)

   我不禁失笑。  ―  Wǒ bùjīn shīxiào.  ―  I couldn't help laughing.

Synonyms

• 不由得 (bùyóude)
• 不覺／不觉 (bùjué)

 

Derived terms

• 不禁技癢／不禁技痒
• 弱不禁風／弱不禁风 (ruòbùjīnfēng)
• 忍俊不禁 (rěnjùnbùjīn)
• 金吾不禁