不了

Chinese

		not; no	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
simp. and trad. (不了)		不	了

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bùliǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ

(Chengdu, SP): bu² niao³
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ liu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùliǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buleau
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bu² niao³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: buliao
  - IPA ^(key): /pu²¹ niau⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ liu⁵
  - Yale: bāt líuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ liu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ liu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ liːu̯¹³/

Verb

不了

to be unfinished; to keep going on without end; to be unresolved
不了了之 ― bùliǎoliǎozhī ― to leave [it] unresolved
to be unable to
忘不了 ― wàng bùliǎo ― [I] cannot forget; unforgettable
to be unable to be finished
吃不了 ― chī bùliǎo ― [I] cannot eat up
to be unclear; to not understand

Adverb

不了

(Sichuan) not just; not only
- 不了用三元錢，用了七元多 [Sichuanese, trad.]
  不了用三元钱，用了七元多 [Sichuanese, simp.]
  From: 成都方言詞典
  Bu² niao³ yong⁴ san¹ yuan² qian², yong⁴ no³ qi² yuan² do¹ [Sichuanese Pinyin]
  (I) did not just spend three yuan, but over seven yuan.

Derived terms

Derived terms from 不了

上不了臺面／上不了台面
下不了臺／下不了台
不了之局
不了了之 (bùliǎoliǎozhī)
不了了當／不了了当
不了情
不了漢／不了汉
不了然
不了解
免不了 (miǎnbùliǎo)
受不了 (shòubùliǎo)
吃不了
吃不了，兜著走
大不了 (dàbùliǎo)

少不了
待不了
拿不了
死不了
比不了
狗改不了吃屎 (gǒu gǎi bùliǎo chī shǐ)
短不了
算不了
走了和尚走不了廟／走了和尚走不了庙
跑不了
跑了和尚跑不了廟／跑了和尚跑不了庙
躲不了
道不了
遠水救不了近火／远水救不了近火

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