不為

See also: 不为

Chinese

		not; no	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (不為/不爲)		不	為/爲
simp. (不为)		不	为

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ wai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùwéi
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-wei²
  - Yale: bù-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buwei
  - Palladius: бувэй (buvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ wai⁴
  - Yale: bāt wàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ wai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ wei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/

Verb

不為

(literary) to not do
- 道常無為而無不為。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  道常无为而无不为。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Dào cháng wúwéi ér wúbùwéi. [Pinyin]
  The way never acts, yet nothing is left undone.