不要太

Chinese

		to not want; not going to; will not	too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
trad. (不要太)		不要	太
simp. #(不要太)		不要	太
Literally: “not too”.

Etymology

Calque of Wu 勿要忒 (⁸veq-iau ⁷theq), a slang expression peculiar to Southern China, particularly Jiangsu, Shanghai.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyàotài

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùyàotài [Phonetic: búyàotài]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùyàotài
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-yao⁴-tʻai⁴
    • Yale: bù-yàu-tài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyawtay
    • Palladius: буяотай (bujaotaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

Adverb

不要太

1. (slang) very; highly; lit. couldn't be more

   老師不要太嚴格。 [MSC, trad.]
   老师不要太严格。 [MSC, simp.]

   Lǎoshī bùyàotài yángé. [Pinyin]

   The teacher can't get any stricter.

Synonyms

• 十分 (shífēn)
• 壞／坏 (huài)
• 孔 (kǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 很 (hěn)
• 極其／极其 (jíqí)
• 極度／极度 (jídù)
• 極為／极为 (jíwéi)
• 極端／极端 (jíduān)
• 滾／滚 (gǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 異常／异常 (yìcháng)
• 老大 (lǎodà) (colloquial, usually in the negative)
• 良
• 超 (chāo)
• 非常 (fēicháng)
• 頗／颇 (pō) (literary)
• 頗為／颇为 (pōwéi) (literary)