非得

Chinese

		(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
trad. (非得)		非	得
simp. #(非得)		非	得

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēiděi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄉㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ dak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēiděi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄉㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feiděi
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-tei³
    • Yale: fēi-děi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feideei
    • Palladius: фэйдэй (fɛjdɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ teɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ dak¹
    • Yale: fēi dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵/

Verb

非得

1. to have got to; must (used as an auxiliary verb)

   這病非得馬上開刀不可。 [MSC, trad.]
   这病非得马上开刀不可。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè bìng fēiděi mǎshàng kāidāo bùkě. [Pinyin]

   This disease calls for an immediate operation.

Usage notes

• Usually followed by a verb phrase, then optionally by 不可 (bùkě) or 不行 (bùxíng) or 不 (bù), 才 (cái) followed by a verb phrase.

Synonyms

• 務必／务必 (wùbì)
• 務期／务期 (wùqī) (literary)
• 務須／务须 (wùxū)
• 定著 (tiānn-tio̍h) (Min Nan)
• 得 (děi) (colloquial)
• 必得
• 必須／必须 (bìxū)
• 應當／应当 (yīngdāng) (law)
• 煞著 (Hokkien)
• 著愛／著爱 (tio̍h-ài) (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)

 

See also

• 應該／应该 (yīnggāi)