不住

Chinese

		not; no	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop
simp. and trad. (不住)		不	住

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zyu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-chū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhù [Phonetic: búzhù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhù
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chu⁴
    • Yale: bù-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujuh
    • Palladius: бучжу (bučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zyu⁶
    • Yale: bāt jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡syː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chū
    • Tâi-lô: put-tsū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putzu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su³³/

Adverb

不住

1. incessantly; without end; nonstop
2. fail to (placed after a verb in order to indicate that the objective of an action was not accomplished)

   我真的擔心他會承受不住的。 [MSC, trad.]
   我真的担心他会承受不住的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ zhēn de dānxīn tā huì chéngshòu bùzhù de. [Pinyin]

   I'm really worried that he won't be able to endure (this).

Synonyms

• (incessantly): 不止 (bùzhǐ)
• (fail to): (Cantonese) 唔住

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “fail to”): 得住 (dézhù)

Derived terms

• 保不住 (bǎobuzhù)
• 對不住 / 对不住 (duìbùzhù)
• 忍不住 (rěnbùzhù)
• 招架不住 (zhāojià bùzhù)
• 按捺不住 (ànnàbùzhù)
• 擱不住 / 搁不住
• 架不住
• 禁不住
• 繃不住 / 绷不住 (bēngbùzhù)
• 記不住 / 记不住 (jìbùzhù)