不會

See also: 不会

Chinese
not; no
 
to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting
trad. (不會) 不 會
simp. (不会) 不 会

Pronunciation

Verb

不會

  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see 不,‎ 會.
  2. be unlikely; will not
    人不會多的。 / 人不会多的。  ―  Rén bùhuì duō de.  ―  There won't be too many people.
  3. to be unable to; to have not learned to
    我不會游泳。 / 我不会游泳。  ―  Wǒ bùhuì yóuyǒng.  ―  I don't know how to swim.
  4. Used in rhetorical questions to express reproach for nonperformance of an action
    不會早點兒告訴我嗎！ [MSC, trad.]
    不会早点儿告诉我吗！ [MSC, simp.]
    Bùhuì zǎodiǎnr gàosù wǒ ma! [Pinyin]
    You should have told me earlier!
    你不會自己買嗎？ / 你不会自己买吗？  ―  Nǐ bùhuì zìjǐ mǎi ma?  ―  Why don't you buy for yourself?

Synonyms

Interjection

不會

  1. (chiefly Taiwan) you're welcome

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 不客氣 (“you're welcome”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 不客氣
Mandarin Beijing 不客氣, 別客氣, 不用客氣, 不謝, 不用謝, 應該的, 沒事兒
Taiwan 不客氣, 別客氣, 不用客氣, 不謝, 不用謝, 應該的, 不會
Cantonese Guangzhou 唔使客氣, 應該嘅
Hong Kong 唔使客氣, 唔使, 應該嘅, 乜說話
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 毋使細義
Liudui (S. Sixian) 毋使細義
Hsinchu (Hailu) 毋使細義
Dongshi (Dabu) 毋使細義
Hsinchu (Raoping) 毋使細義
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 毋使細義
Min Nan Taipei 免客氣
Kaohsiung 免客氣
Yilan 免客氣
Penang 免客氣
Chaozhou 免客氣, 莫客氣
Wu Shanghai 勿要客氣
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