不用客氣

See also: 不用客气

Chinese

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		not necessary; don't; no need to	to be polite; to behave in a courteous manner; polite to be polite; to behave in a courteous manner; polite; courteous; civil
trad. (不用客氣)		不用	客氣
simp. (不用客气)		不用	客气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyòng kèqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jung⁶ haak³ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùyòng kèqì [Phonetic: búyòng kèqì] → bùyòng kèqi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧˋ → ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄎㄜˋ ˙ㄑㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùyòng kèci̊
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-yung⁴ kʻo⁴-chʻi⁵
    • Yale: bù-yùng kè-chi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyonq keh.chih
    • Palladius: буюн кэци (bujun kɛci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/ → /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ jung⁶ haak³ hei³
    • Yale: bāt yuhng haak hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jung⁶ haak⁸ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yung⁶ hag³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²² haːk̚³ hei̯³³/

Interjection

不用客氣

1. don't mention it; you're welcome

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不客氣 (“you're welcome”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不客氣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	不客氣, 別客氣, 不用客氣, 不謝, 不用謝, 應該的, 不會
	Malaysia	不用客氣
	Singapore	不客氣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔使客氣, 應該嘅
	Hong Kong	唔使客氣, 唔使, 應該嘅, 乜說話
	Taishan	唔使客氣
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔使客氣
Hakka	Meixian	唔使客氣, 唔使多謝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唔使細義
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唔使細義
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唔使細義
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	唔使細義
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	唔使細義
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	唔使細義
	Kuching (Hepo)	唔使客氣
Jin	Taiyuan	客氣甚嘞
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	莫細膩, 無客氣
	Fuqing	無客氣
	Singapore (Fuqing)	伓使客氣
Southern Min	Xiamen	免客氣
	Zhangzhou	免細膩
	Taipei	免細膩 GT, 免客氣 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	毋通客氣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	免客氣, 毋通客氣
	Manila (Hokkien)	免客氣, 毋免客氣
	Medan (Hokkien)	免客氣
	Chaozhou	免客氣, 莫客氣
	Singapore (Teochew)	免客氣
Wu	Shanghai	勿要客氣, 勿要緊
Xiang	Changsha	莫客氣
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)