萬不得已

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	having no alternative but to; acting against one's will; having to having no alternative but to; acting against one's will; having to; imperative
trad. (萬不得已)		萬	不得已
simp. (万不得已)		万	不得已

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànbùdéyǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ bat¹ dak¹ ji⁵
Min Nan (POJ): bān-put-tek-í

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànbùdéyǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànbùdéyǐ
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-pu⁴-tê²-i³
  - Yale: wàn-bù-dé-yǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannbuderyii
  - Palladius: ваньбудэи (vanʹbudɛi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ bat¹ dak¹ ji⁵
  - Yale: maahn bāt dāk yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ bat⁷ dak⁷ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ bed¹ deg¹ yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-put-tek-í
  - Tâi-lô: bān-put-tik-í
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnputdek'ie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i⁵³/

Adverb

萬不得已

out of absolute necessity; with no other choice; as a last resort
不是萬不得已／不是万不得已 ― bùshì wànbùdéyǐ ― If we'd had any other choice, ...

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬不得已):

→ Vietnamese: vạn bất đắc dĩ (萬不得已)

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