大不了

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	not; no	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
simp. and trad. (大不了)		大	不	了

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàbùliǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ bat¹ liu⁵

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-put-liáu / tōa-put-liáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàbùliǎo → dàbuliǎo (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ → ㄉㄚˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄌㄧㄠˇ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàbůliǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pu⁵-liao³
    • Yale: dà-bu-lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbuleau
    • Palladius: дабуляо (dabuljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /tä⁵¹ b̥u¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ bat¹ liu⁵
    • Yale: daaih bāt líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ bat⁷ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bed¹ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-put-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-put-liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixputliao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-put-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-put-liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxputliao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ liau⁵³/

Adjective

大不了

1. serious

   沒什麼大不了的。 [MSC, trad.]
   没什么大不了的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Méi shénme dàbuliǎo de. [Pinyin]

   It's no big deal.

Adverb

大不了

1. at worst; worse comes to worst

   如果找不到工作，大不了可以教書。 [MSC, trad.]
   如果找不到工作，大不了可以教书。 [MSC, simp.]

   Rúguǒ zhǎobudào gōngzuò, dàbuliǎo kěyǐ jiāoshū. [Pinyin]

   If worse comes to worst and you can't find a job, you could always teach.