不愧

Chinese

		not; no	ashamed
trad. (不愧)		不	愧
simp. #(不愧)		不	愧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùkuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ kwai⁵

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-khùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùkuì [Phonetic: búkuì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùkuèi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻuei⁴
    • Yale: bù-kwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukuey
    • Palladius: букуй (bukuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ kwai⁵
    • Yale: bāt kwáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ kwai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ kuei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kʷʰɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-khùi
    • Tâi-lô: put-khuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putquix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰui²¹/

Adverb

不愧

1. deserving to be called; being worthy of the title; proving oneself to be

Usage notes

• Usually followed by 是 (shì) or 為／为 (wéi). Not be confused with the verb 無愧／无愧 (wúkuì).

Synonyms

• (literary) 不失 (bùshī)