毋肯

Chinese

		no; not	to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do something) to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do something); willing
trad. (毋肯)		毋	肯
simp. #(毋肯)		毋	肯

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): m̀-hén

  (Hailu, HRS): m hen^ˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): m̄-khéng

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: m̀-hén
    • Hakka Romanization System: m^ˇ hen^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: m² hen³
    • Sinological IPA: /m¹¹ hen³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: m hen^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /m⁵⁵ hen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄-khéng
    • Tâi-lô: m̄-khíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mxqeang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /m̩³³⁻²¹ kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /m̩³³⁻¹¹ kʰiɪŋ⁵³/

Verb

毋肯

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to be unwilling to

Synonyms

• 不肯 (bùkěn)
• (Eastern Min, Puxian Min) 伓肯

References

• “Entry #11921”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.