動不動

See also: 动不动

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	not; no	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (動不動)		動	不	動
simp. (动不动)		动	不	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngbùdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ bat¹ dung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǒng-put-tǒng / tōng-put-tōng / tāng-put-tāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòngbùdòng [Phonetic: dòngbúdòng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòngbùdòng
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴-pu⁴-tung⁴
    • Yale: dùng-bù-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqbudonq
    • Palladius: дунбудун (dunbudun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung⁶ bat¹ dung⁶
    • Yale: duhng bāt duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ bat⁷ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ bed¹ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ tʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒng-put-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: tǒng-put-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-put-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: tōng-put-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxngputdong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ tɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāng-put-tāng
    • Tâi-lô: tāng-put-tāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxngputdang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ³³⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ taŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ³³⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ taŋ³³/

Adverb

動不動

1. (usually of something undesirable) often; frequently; happening easily

Usage notes

Usually followed by 就 (jiù).

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 行動／行动 (xíngdòng)
• (Hokkien) 磕著／磕着, 磕而著／磕而着, 磕敉著／磕敉着, 動著／动着, 動起著／动起着, 磕𣍐著／磕𫧃着