不可再

Chinese

		not	can	again
simp. and trad. (不可再)		不	可	再

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùkězài

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ho² zoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùkězài
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùkězài
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻo³-tsai⁴
    • Yale: bù-kě-dzài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukeetzay
    • Palladius: букэцзай (bukɛczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ho² zoi³
    • Yale: bāt hó joi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ho² dzoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ho² zoi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ t͡sɔːi̯³³/

Verb

不可再

1. cannot happen again

   • 佳期不可再，風雨杳如年。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     佳期不可再，风雨杳如年。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 題玉泉溪, poem in Tang dynasty

     Jiāqī bùkězài, fēngyǔ yǎo rú nián. [Pinyin]

     This good time won't happen again; I pass each day like years with only the winds and the rain by my side.

   • 良機不可再 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     良机不可再 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 良機不可再 by 甄妮 (Jenny Tseng) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyG3KpidWQA

     loeng⁴ gei¹ bat¹ ho² zoi³ [Jyutping]

     This good opportunity won't happen again.

   • 回憶中過去太完美　可惜不可再 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     回忆中过去太完美　可惜不可再 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 校門外 by 陳百強 (Danny Chan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJK3eQ7m08s

     wui⁴ jik¹ zung¹ gwo³ heoi³ taai³ jyun⁴ mei⁵, ho² sik¹ bat¹ ho² zoi³ [Jyutping]

     In my memory the past is too perfect, but it's a shame that it won't happen again.

Derived terms

• 可一不可再
• 可一而不可再