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Jyutping bat1 ho2 ji5
Pinyin bù kě yǐ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. may not
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    may not; cannot
    (syn.) 𫧃用得, 使不得, 𣍐做, 𣍐使, 不可, 𫧃使, 𣍐使得, 𣍐用得, 𫧃做, 𫧃用, 𣍐用, 𫧃使得, 唔可以
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    你可不可以帮我把这些句子翻译成中文?
    你可不可以幫我把這些句子翻譯成中文?
    nǐ kě bu kě yǐ bāng wǒ bǎ zhè xiē jù zi fān yì chéng zhōng wén ?
    • Can you help me to translate these sentences into Chinese?
  2. Mandarin
    你不可以把它延迟到明天吗?
    你不可以把它延遲到明天嗎?
    nǐ bù kě yǐ bǎ tā yán chí dào míng tiān ma ?
    • Can't you put it off until tomorrow?
  3. Mandarin
    你不可以出去。
    你不可以出去。
    nǐ bù kě yǐ chū qù 。
    • You can't go out.
  4. Mandarin
    他声嘶力竭地叫道:「这场仗,我们不可以输!」
    他聲嘶力竭地叫道:「這場仗,我們不可以輸!」
    tā shēng sī lì jié dì jiào dào :「 zhè chǎng zhàng , wǒ men bù kě yǐ shū !」
    • He shouted at the top of his voice, "This is a battle we cannot lose."
  5. Mandarin
    我不可以借这本书给你。
    我不可以借這本書給你。
    wǒ bù kě yǐ jiè zhè běn shū gěi nǐ 。
    • I cannot lend this book to you.
    • I can't lend this book to you.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    财不可以露眼
    財不可以露眼
    coi4 bat1 ho2 ji5 lou6 ngaan5.
    • Don't be ostentatious with money.
  2. Cantonese
    佢个样贼眉贼眼,估唔到佢咁好人,真系人不可以貌相啊。
    佢個樣賊眉賊眼,估唔到佢咁好人,真係人不可以貌相啊。
    keoi5 go3 joeng2 caak6 mei4 caak6 ngaan5, gu2 m4 dou3 keoi5 gam3 hou2 jan4, zan1 hai6 jan4 bat1 ho2 ji5 maau6 soeng3 aa3.
    • Although he looks roguish, he is unbelievably kind. You can't judge him by his face.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    你不可以走。
    你不可以走。
    nǐ bù kě yǐ zǒu .
    • You may not leave.
  2. Mandarin
    你可不可以推荐几个比较好的学校?
    你可不可以推薦幾個比較好的學校?
    nǐ kě bù kě yǐ tuī jiàn jǐ ge bǐ jiào hǎo de xué xiào ?
    • Could you recommend a few good schools?
  3. Mandarin
    我在考试上发现一个别字了,可不可以给我加分?
    我在考試上發現一個別字了,可不可以給我加分?
    wǒ zài kǎo shì shàng fā xiàn yī ge bié zì le , kě bù kě yǐ gěi wǒ jiā fēn ?
    • I found an incorrectly-used character on the test — can you give me extra points on my grade?
  4. Mandarin
    必须优先发展生产资料的生产,这是已经定了的。但是决不可以因此忽视生活资料尤其是粮食的生产。
    必須優先發展生產資料的生產,這是已經定了的。但是決不可以因此忽視生活資料尤其是糧食的生產。
    bì xū yōu xiān fā zhǎn shēng chǎn zī liào de shēng chǎn , zhè shì yǐ jīng dìng le de . dàn shì jué bù kě yǐ yīn cǐ hū shì shēng huó zī liào yóu qí shì liáng shí de shēng chǎn .
    • The production of the means of production must be given priority that's settled. But it definitely does not follow that the production of the means of subsistence, especially grain, can be neglected.
  5. Mandarin
    不可以色色!
    不可以色色!
    bù kě yǐ sè sè !
    • No horny!