唔使

Chinese

		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
simp. and trad. (唔使)		唔	使
alternative forms		毋使 Hakka

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): m⁴ sai²

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): m⁴ soi²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): m³ soi²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): m̀-sṳ́

(Meixian, Guangdong): m² si³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: m⁴ sai²
  - Yale: m̀h sái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ sai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ sei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ sɐi̯³⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: m⁴ soi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹ sɔi³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: m³ soi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²² sᵘɔi⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: m̀-sṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: m^ˇ sii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: m² si³
  - Sinological IPA: /m¹¹ sɨ³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: m² si³
  - Sinological IPA: /m̩¹¹ sz̩³¹/

Verb

唔使

(Cantonese, Hakka) to not need
唔使錢／唔使钱 [Cantonese] ― m⁴ sai² cin^4-2 [Jyutping] ― free of charge (lit. doesn't need money)

你唔使做咁多嘢去擦佢鞋㗎喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
你唔使做咁多嘢去擦佢鞋㗎㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]
nei⁵ m⁴ sai² zou⁶ gam³ do¹ je⁵ heoi³ caat³ keoi⁵ haai⁴ gaa³ waa¹. [Jyutping]
You don't need to do so much to suck up to him/her.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不用 (“need not”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		不必, 無須, 毋庸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不必, 毋須, 無須, 無須乎, 不待
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	甭, 不用, 甭用
	Taiwan	不用
	Shenyang	甭
	Malaysia	不用
	Singapore	不用, 不必
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	甭
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	不用
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	不消
	Wuhan	不消, 用不著
	Kunming	不用
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	用不著
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	不用
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔使
	Hong Kong	唔使
	Macau	唔使
	Taishan	唔使, 冇使
	Dongguan	唔使
	Yangjiang	無使, 使乜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	冇使
	Hepu (Shatian)	冇使
	Beihai	冇使
	Beihai (Nankang)	冇使
	Beihai (Yingpan)	冇使
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	冇使
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	冇使
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	冇使
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔使
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	唔使
Gan	Nanchang	不消, 用不著
Hakka	Meixian	唔使
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唔使
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唔使
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唔使
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	唔使
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	唔使
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	唔使
	Kuching (Hepo)	唔使
Jin	Taiyuan	不用
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伓讓
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	伓使
	Matsu	伓使
	Singapore (Fuqing)	伓使
Southern Min	Xiamen	毋免, 免, 毋使
	Quanzhou	毋免, 免
	Zhangzhou	毋免, 免, 毋使
	Taipei	毋免, 免
	Kaohsiung	毋免, 免
	Penang (Hokkien)	毋免, 免
	Singapore (Hokkien)	毋免, 免
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋免, 免
	Chaozhou	免, 免用
	Shantou	免, 免用
	Shantou (Chenghai)	免
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	免
	Jieyang	免, 免用
	Singapore (Teochew)	免
	Pontianak (Teochew)	免
	Wenchang	無用
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無用
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	唔使
Wu	Shanghai	勿要, 覅, 用勿著, 勿用, 好勿要, 好覅
	Suzhou	用勿著
	Ningbo	甮, 好甮
	Wenzhou	覅用, 否用
Xiang	Changsha	不消
Xiang	Shuangfeng	不消, 不要

Interjection

唔使

(Cantonese) short for 唔使客氣／唔使客气 (“you're welcome”)