切勿

Chinese

		close to; to cut; to slice	do not
simp. and trad. (切勿)		切	勿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qièwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³ mat⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ciag⁴ mai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qièwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cièwù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴-wu⁴
    • Yale: chyè-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiehwuh
    • Palladius: цеу (ceu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cit³ mat⁶
    • Yale: chit maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qid³ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³ mɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciag⁴ mai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiak mài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiak̚²⁻⁴ mai²¹³/

Adverb

切勿

1. (literary) do not under any circumstances ...; don't

   想事情切勿走極端。 [MSC, trad.]
   想事情切勿走极端。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xiǎng shìqíng qièwù zǒu jíduān. [Pinyin]

   Don't go to extremes when thinking about things.

   請切勿將手指伸入籠中。 [MSC, trad.]
   请切勿将手指伸入笼中。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng qièwù jiāng shǒuzhǐ shēnrù lóng zhōng. [Pinyin]

   Please do not poke your fingers through the cage.

Synonyms

• 切莫 (qièmò)