不惜

Chinese

		not; no	pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge
simp. and trad. (不惜)		不	惜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùxī, bùxí

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sik¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): put-siak / put-sek / put-sioh

(Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ sioh⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùsi
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsi¹
  - Yale: bù-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushi
  - Palladius: буси (busi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùxí
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùsí
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsi²
  - Yale: bù-syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushyi
  - Palladius: буси (busi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bat¹ sik¹
  - Yale: bāt sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    不惜
    不識 / 不识
    不適 / 不适
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-siak
  - Tâi-lô: put-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putsiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-sek
  - Tâi-lô: put-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putseg
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-sioh
  - Tâi-lô: put-sioh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putsioiq
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ sioʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ sioʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ sioʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bug⁴ sioh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk sioh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ sioʔ²/

Verb

不惜

to not care about; to not fret about; to not begrudge; to not spare
不惜一切代價／不惜一切代价 ― bùxī yīqiè dàijià ― at all costs

Synonyms

捨得／舍得 (shěde)

Derived terms

在所不惜 (zàisuǒbùxī)