不行

Chinese

not; no
 
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; 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) 文 (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
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/
Bernard
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

Adjective

不行

  1. unacceptable; out of the question; won't do
    老王啊,這可不行!/老王啊,这可不行!  ―  Lǎo Wáng a, zhè kě bùxíng!  ―  Old Wang, this won't do!
    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.
  2. no good; poor; incapable; incompetent

Synonyms

Verb

不行

  1. (euphemistic) to be about to die, (usually followed by 了)
  2. (archaic) to not implement; to not put into practice; to not practice

Adverb

不行

  1. awfully; a lot; terribly
    喜歡得不行/喜欢得不行  ―  xǐhuān de bùxíng  ―  to like a lot
    懶得不行/懒得不行  ―  lǎn de bùxíng  ―  terribly lazy

Usage notes

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不行):
  • → Japanese: 不行(ふこう) (fukō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 行
ふ
Grade: 4
こう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

不(ふ)行(こう) • (fukō) 

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