甭

甭 (Kangxi radical 101, 用+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一火月手 (MFBQ), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿱不用)

• 𠋊

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 756, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21713
• Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 25, character 11
• Unihan data for U+752D

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) From a northern dialectal pronunciation of 不用.

甭

1. (dialectal Mandarin) Contraction of 不用 (“needn't”).

   • 算了吧，我送給你一碗茶喝，你就甭賣那套生意口啦！ [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
     算了吧，我送给你一碗茶喝，你就甭卖那套生意口啦！ [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 1957, Lao She, Teahouse

     Suànle ba, wǒ sòng gěi nǐ yī wǎn chá hē, nǐ jiù béng mài nà tào shēngyìkǒu la! [Pinyin]

     Save your words. I'll give you a cup of tea for free. You needn't smooth talk me!

2. (Beijing) Indicates a rhetorical question: could it be that...; is it possible that...

• (needn't):

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• (could it be that):

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Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Contraction of 毋通 (m̄-thang).

甭

1. (Hokkien) do not; don't; cannot

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甭

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 莫 (mài, “do not”)

   • 空氣中甭存寂寞甲我 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     空气中甭存寂寞甲我 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2012, 詹雅雯, 一個人

     khong-khì tiong mài chhun siok-bo̍k kah góa [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Don't leave loneliness with me in the air.

   • 暫時放下甭想彼多 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     暂时放下甭想彼多 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2016, 楊哲 (lyricist 廖偉志), 燒酒乾一杯

     chiām-sî hòng-hā mài siūⁿ hiah chōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Let it go for now, and don't think of it that much.

   • 贏甭驕傲輸甭怨嘆 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     赢甭骄傲输甭怨叹 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2018, 洪榮宏 (lyricist 高以德), 人生車站

     iâⁿ mài kiau-ngō͘ su mài oàn-thàn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Don't be arrogant when you win; don't complain when you lose.

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• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02631

甭: Hán Nôm readings: bằng

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