毋甘

Chinese

		no; not	sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (毋甘)		毋	甘
alternative forms		伓甘 不甘

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): m̄-kam

  (Teochew, Peng'im): m⁵ gam¹

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄-kam
    • Tâi-lô: m̄-kam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mxkafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /m̩²²⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /m̩⁴¹⁻²² kam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /m̩²²⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /m̩³³⁻¹¹ kam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /m̩³³⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: m⁵ gam¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: m̂ kam
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kam³³/

Verb

毋甘

1. (Southern Min) to hate to part with; to be unwilling to let go of; to begrudge

Synonyms

• 不捨得／不舍得 (bùshěde)
• 勿捨得／勿舍得 (⁸veq ¹so-teq) (Wu)
• 吝惜 (lìnxī)
• 唔捨得／唔舍得 (m⁴ se² dak¹) (Cantonese, colloquial)
• 心疼 (xīnténg)
• 捨不得／舍不得
• 捨勿得／舍勿得 (⁵so-veq-teq) (Wu)
• 𣍐出得／𫧃出得 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐省得／𫧃省得 (mài-sǎng-dă̤) (Northern Min)
• 肉痛 (ròutòng) (regional)
• 肉赤 (juk⁶ cek³) (Cantonese)

 

Antonyms

• 捨得／舍得 (shěde)

Derived terms

• 未食五日節粽，破裘毋甘放／未食五日节粽，破裘毋甘放

 

Adjective

毋甘

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) sad; disturbed