不妨

Chinese

		not; no	hinder; harm
trad. (不妨)		不	妨
simp. ^#(不妨)		不	妨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùfáng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ fong⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-hóng / put-hông
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷peq-faon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùfáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùfáng
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-fang²
  - Yale: bù-fáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bufarng
  - Palladius: буфан (bufan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    不妨
    布防
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bat¹ fong⁴
  - Yale: bāt fòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ fong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ fong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ fɔːŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    不妨
    不防
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-hóng
  - Tâi-lô: put-hóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: puthorng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ hɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-hông
  - Tâi-lô: put-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: puthoong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷peq-faon
  - MiniDict: peh^入 faon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴peq-faan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pəʔ³³ fɑ̃⁴⁴/

Adverb

不妨

there is no harm in; might as well
你不妨試試。／你不妨试试。 ― Nǐ bùfáng shìshi. ― You might as well have a try.

Synonyms

乾脆 / 干脆 (gāncuì)
以莫 (i³ mo) (Xiang)
勿妨 (⁶veq₈-faon) (Wu)
印信 (Hokkien)
左莫 (zo³ mo) (Xiang)
率性 (shuàixìng)
索性
巡經 / 巡经 (sen² jin¹) (Xiang)