不謂

Chinese

		not; no	speak of
trad. (不謂)		不	謂
simp. (不谓)		不	谓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùwèi [Phonetic: búwèi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùwèi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: bù-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buwey
    • Palladius: бувэй (buvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ wai⁶
    • Yale: bāt waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²²/

Verb

不謂

1. (literary) cannot be regarded as
2. (literary) to not anticipate

Usage notes

In the sense cannot be regarded as, it is used before words that express negation. In the sense to not anticipate, it is chiefly used to join phrases together, and thus is sometimes classified as a conjunction.

Synonyms

• (to not anticipate):

• 不圖／不图 (bùtú) (literary)
• 不意 (bùyì) (formal)
• 不料 (bùliào)
• 不虞 (bùyú) (literary)
• 哪知 (nǎzhī)
• 孰料 (shúliào)
• 怎料
• 怎知 (zěnzhī)
• 想不到 (xiǎngbùdào)
• 未料 (wèiliào)
• 沒想到／没想到 (méixiǎngdào)
• 無疑／无疑 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 無疑悟／无疑悟 (Min Nan)
• 詎料／讵料 (jùliào)
• 豈料／岂料 (qǐliào)
• 點知／点知 (dim² zi¹) (Cantonese)