m̄-ài

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mai"

Min Nan

trad.	毋愛 or 呣愛 or 不愛
simpl.	毋爱 or 呣爱 or 不爱

Pronunciation

(Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄-ài
- Tâi-lô: m̄-ài
- Phofsit Daibuun: mxaix
- IPA (Xiamen): /m̩²²⁻²¹ ai²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /m̩⁴¹⁻²² ai⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /m̩²²⁻²¹ ai²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /m̩³³⁻¹¹ ai¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /m̩³³⁻²¹ ai²¹/

Verb

m̄-ài (POJ, traditional 毋愛 or 不愛 or 呣愛／毋爱 or 不爱 or 呣爱, simplified 毋爱 or 不爱 or 呣爱)

to not want

Synonyms

無愛／无爱 (bô-ài, “to not want”)

Related terms

無欲／无欲 (bô-beh, “not going to; will not”)
莫 (mài, “(imperative) do not; don't”)

See also

(Mandarin) 不要 (bùyào)

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