勿作興

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): ⁸veq-tsoq-shin

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁸veq-tsoq-shin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ⁵veq-tsoq-xin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vəʔ²² t͡soʔ⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/

Verb

勿作興

(Northern Wu) cannot; ought not
- 小人勿作興瞎說噶。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
  小人勿作兴瞎说噶。 [Suzhounese, simp.]
  From: 1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 19
  Children ought not talk nonsense.

Adjective

勿作興

(Northern Wu) not commendable; morally discouraging; not acceptable
- 作弄人家勿作興個！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
  作弄人家勿作兴个！ [Shanghainese, simp.]
  From: 1957, 羅漢錢 "The Coin of Arhat", said by 石筱英 (Shi Xiaoying) as character 五嬸 (Matchmaker Ng-Sen)
  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)

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