不為

See also: 不为

Chinese

		not; no	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (不為/不爲)		不	為/爲
simp. (不为)		不	为

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùwéi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-wei²
    • Yale: bù-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buwei
    • Palladius: бувэй (buvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ wai⁴
    • Yale: bāt wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/

Verb

不為

1. (literary) to not do

   • 道常無為而無不為。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     道常无为而无不为。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Dào cháng wúwéi ér wúbùwéi. [Pinyin]

     The way never acts, yet nothing is left undone.