勿作興

Chinese

		negator	may; might
trad. (勿作興)		勿	作興
simp. (勿作兴)		勿	作兴

Pronunciation

Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶veq₈-tsoq-shin; ⁷veq-tsoq-shin / ⁷feq-tsoq₇-shin₁

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶veq₈-tsoq-shin; ⁷veq-tsoq-shin
  - MiniDict: veh^入 tsoh shin; veh^入 tsoh shin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³veq₅-tsoq-xin; ⁴veq-tsoq-xin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vəʔ²² t͡soʔ⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/, /vəʔ³³ t͡soʔ⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁷feq-tsoq₇-shin₁
  - MiniDict: feh^入 tsoh^入 shin^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /fəʔ⁴⁴ t͡soʔ⁴⁴ ɕin/

Verb

勿作興

(Northern Wu) cannot; ought not
- 1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 19:
  
  小人勿作興瞎說噶。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
  小人勿作兴瞎说噶。 [Suzhounese, simp.]
  ⁵siau₃-gnin₂ ⁷feq-tsoq₇-shin₁ ⁷haq-seq₇-keq₇ [Wugniu]
  Children ought not talk nonsense.

Adjective

勿作興

(Northern Wu) not commendable; morally discouraging; not acceptable
- 1957, 羅漢錢 [The Coin of Arhat]‎^[1], spoken by 五嬸 [Matchmaker Ng-Sen] (石筱英 [Shi Xiaoying]):
  
  作弄人家勿作興個！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
  作弄人家勿作兴个！ [Shanghainese, simp.]
  ⁷tsoq-lon-gnin-ka ⁷veq-tsoq-shin-gheq [Wugniu]
  Playing tricks on people is not appropriate behavior!

Synonyms

(Standard Chinese) 不興／不兴 (bùxīng)