不可多得

Chinese

		cannot; should not; must not	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
trad. (不可多得)		不可	多	得
simp. #(不可多得)		不可	多	得

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùkěduōdé

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄉㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ho² do¹ dak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-khó-to-tit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùkěduōdé
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùkěduodé
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻo³-to¹-tê²
    • Yale: bù-kě-dwō-dé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukeeduoder
    • Palladius: букэдодэ (bukɛdodɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ho² do¹ dak¹
    • Yale: bāt hó dō dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ho² do¹ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ho² do¹ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-khó-to-tit
    • Tâi-lô: put-khó-to-tit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putqoy'doi'did
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴⁻²² tit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to³³ tit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴⁻²² tit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴⁻³³ tit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tit̚³²/

Idiom

不可多得

1. to be hard to come by; to be rare to have