不倒

Chinese

		not; no	upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt
simp. and trad. (不倒)		不	倒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùdǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùdǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùdǎo
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tao³
  - Yale: bù-dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budao
  - Palladius: будао (budao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

不倒

(literary) to be unable to be knocked down
(literary) to not stop; to not cease; to be continuous

Synonyms

(to not stop):

不休 (bùxiū)
不停 (bùtíng)
不已 (bùyǐ)
不斷 / 不断 (bùduàn)
不迭 (bùdié)
延延 (yányán) (literary)
延續 / 延续 (yánxù)
持續 / 持续 (chíxù)
接 (jiē)
接續 / 接续 (jiēxù)
秉承 (bǐngchéng)
繼 / 继 (jì)
繼承 / 继承 (jìchéng)
繼續 / 继续 (jìxù)

Derived terms

不倒翁 (bùdǎowēng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	倒
ふ Grade: 4	とう Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

By surface analysis, 不 (fu, “can not, un-”) +‎ 倒 (tō, “knock down, defeat”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふとー [fùtóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟to̞ː]

Noun

不(ふ)倒(とう) • (futō)

unbeatability, undefeatability
inability to be knocked down

Usage notes

Also used adjectivally using の (no).

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN