不行

Chinese

not; no
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
 
simp. and trad.
(不行)		 不 行

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 不 不 不 行
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 2/4
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 尤 (136) 物 (60) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Open
Division (等) III III III II
Fanqie 甫鳩切 方久切 分勿切 戸庚切
Baxter pjuw pjuwX pjut haeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pɨu/ /pɨuX/ /pɨut̚/ /ɦˠæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /piu/ /piuX/ /piut̚/ /ɦᵚaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /piəu/ /piəuX/ /piuət̚/ /ɣaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /puw/ /puwX/ /put̚/ /ɦaɨjŋ/
Li
Rong		 /piu/ /piuX/ /piuət̚/ /ɣɐŋ/
Wang
Li		 /pĭəu/ /pĭəuX/ /pĭuət̚/ /ɣɐŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren		 /pi̯ə̯u/ /pi̯ə̯uX/ /pi̯uət̚/ /ɣɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fōu fǒu fu héng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 fau1 fau2 fat1 hang4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 不 行
Reading # 1/2 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 bù xíng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ pjuw › ‹ hæng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*pə/ /*Cə.[ɡ]ˁraŋ/
English not walk (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 不 不 不 行
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 3/4
No. 1025 1029 1048 13867
Phonetic
component		 不 不 不 行
Rime
group		 之 之 物 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0 0 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 不 缶 弗 行
Old
Chinese		 /*pɯ/ /*pɯʔ/ /*pɯ'/ /*ɡraːŋ/
Notes 象花柎與本同源 中古才促化
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Adjective

不行Category:Chinese lemmas#一03行00Category:Chinese adjectives#一03行00Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#一03行00Category:Pages with entries#不行Category:Pages with 2 entries#不行

  1. unacceptable; out of the question; won't do
    老王啊，這可不行！ [MSC, trad.]
    老王啊，这可不行！ [MSC, simp.]
    Lǎo Wáng a, zhè kě bùxíng! [Pinyin]
    Old Wang, this won't do!
    Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples
    恐怕搬家是萬萬不行的。 [MSC, trad.]
    恐怕搬家是万万不行的。 [MSC, simp.]
    Kǒngpà bānjiā shì wànwàn bùxíng de. [Pinyin]
    Unfortunately, moving is out of the question.
    Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples
  2. no good; poor; incapable; incompetent

Synonyms

Verb

不行Category:Chinese lemmas#一03行00Category:Chinese verbs#一03行00Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#一03行00Category:Pages with entries#不行Category:Pages with 2 entries#不行

  1. (euphemisticCategory:Chinese euphemisms#一03行00) to be about to die, (usually followed by 了)
  2. (archaicCategory:Chinese terms with archaic senses#一03行00) to not implement; to not put into practice; to not practice

Adverb

不行Category:Chinese lemmas#一03行00Category:Chinese adverbs#一03行00Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#一03行00Category:Pages with entries#不行Category:Pages with 2 entries#不行

  1. awfully; a lot; terribly
    喜歡得不行／喜欢得不行  ―  xǐhuān de bùxíng  ―  to like a lotCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
    懶得不行／懒得不行  ―  lǎn de bùxíng  ―  terribly lazyCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

Usage notes

When used as an adverb, 不行 (bùxíng) must be placed after 得 (de).

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不行):
Category:Elementary Mandarin#一03行00 Category:zh:Death#一03行00

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 行
ふ
Grade: 4		 こう
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Category:Japanese terms spelled with 不 read as ふ#ふこうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ふこうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with 行 read as こう#ふこうCategory:Japanese terms read with on'yomi#ふこう

Noun

不(ふ)行(こう) • (fukōCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#不行Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#不行) Category:Japanese lemmas#ふこうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#ふこうCategory:Japanese nouns#ふこうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji#ふこうCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#ふこうCategory:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#ふこうCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ふこうCategory:Pages with entries#不行Category:Pages with 2 entries#不行

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Category:Requests for definitions in Japanese entries#ふこう
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