毋捌

Chinese

		no; not	complicated form of the numeral eight; split; (Min) to know
trad. (毋捌)		毋	捌
simp. ^#(毋捌)		毋	捌
alternative forms		伓別／伓别唔北 Teochew informal

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): m̄-pat / m̄-bat

(Teochew, Peng'im): m⁶ bag⁴

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄-pat
  - Tâi-lô: m̄-pat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mxpad
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /m̩⁴¹⁻²² pat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /m̩²²⁻²¹ pat̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̄-bat
  - Tâi-lô: m̄-bat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mxbad
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /m̩³³⁻²¹ bat̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /m̩²²⁻²¹ bat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /m̩³³⁻¹¹ bat̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: m⁶ bag⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: m̆ pak
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /m³⁵⁻¹¹ pak̚²/

Adverb

毋捌

(Southern Min) never (in the past)
我從來毋捌聽過這款的新聞。 [Hokkien, trad.]
我从来毋捌听过这款的新闻。 [Hokkien, simp.]
Óa chiông-lâi m̄-pat thiaⁿ kòe chit khoán ê sin-bûn. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
I've never heard of such news before.

Synonyms

不曾 (bùcéng)
未嘗／未尝 (wèicháng)
未始 (wèishǐ)

Verb

毋捌

(Southern Min) to not recognize

Further reading

“毋捌”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.