CANTONESE ↔ ENGLISH · CC-CANTO
非……不可
Cantonese · source Jyutpingfei1 ……bat1 ho2
Meanings
- have to….; must…; no other way but... ; nothing else but…will do
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: fei1… … bu4 ke3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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