不外乎

Chinese

		to be nothing more than; to be only	(interrog. part.)
trad. (不外乎)		不外	乎
simp. #(不外乎)		不外	乎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùwàihū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄞˋ ㄏㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ngoi⁶ fu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùwàihū [Phonetic: búwàihū]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄞˋ ㄏㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùwàihu
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-wai⁴-hu¹
    • Yale: bù-wài-hū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buwayhu
    • Palladius: бувайху (buvajxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ngoi⁶ fu⁴
    • Yale: bāt ngoih fùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ngoi⁶ fu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ngoi⁶ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ ŋɔːi̯²² fuː²¹/

Verb

不外乎

1. to be nothing more than; to be only (something)

Synonyms

• 不外 (bùwài)
• 無非／无非 (wúfēi)