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Jyutping bat1 gam1
Pinyin bù gān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. unreconciled to
  2. not resigned to
  3. unwilling
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    唔​忿氣​,​唔​接受
    unwilling; not resigning oneself to
    • 不甘落後
      不甘落后
      bat1 gam1 lok6 hau6
      unwilling to lag behind
    • 不甘受命運擺佈
      不甘受命运摆布
      bat1 gam1 sau6 ming6 wan6 baai2 bou3
      not to resign oneself to fate
    • 不甘後人
      不甘后人
      bat1 gam1 hau6 jan4
      unwilling to fall behind
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, literary
    to be unwilling; to not want to
    (syn.) 毋甘
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    不甘
    不甘
    bat1 gam1
    • unwilling; not resigning oneself to
  2. Cantonese
    为善不甘后人
    為善不甘後人
    wai4 sin6 bat1 gam1 hau6 jan4
    • unwilling to be outdone in charity
  3. Cantonese
    不甘落后
    不甘落後
    bat1 gam1 lok6 hau6
    • unwilling to lag behind
  4. Cantonese
    不甘受命运摆布
    不甘受命運擺佈
    bat1 gam1 sau6 ming6 wan6 baai2 bou3
    • not to resign oneself to fate
  5. Cantonese
    不甘后人
    不甘後人
    bat1 gam1 hau6 jan4
    • unwilling to fall behind
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    李嘉诚心有不甘弃20年梦想食之无味弃之可惜
    李嘉誠心有不甘棄20年夢想食之無味棄之可惜
    lǐ jiā chéng xīn yǒu bù gān qì 20 nián mèng xiǎng shí zhī wú wèi qì zhī kě xī
    • Li Ka-shing did not wish to let go of a twenty year dream of his, he just could not bear to part with it.
  2. Mandarin
    不过,我难免觉得不甘心——因为,我对超市的其他生鲜食品也好奇极了,却只能气愤自己只懂得用微波烤箱。
    不過,我難免覺得不甘心——因為,我對超市的其他生鮮食品也好奇極了,卻只能氣憤自己只懂得用微波烤箱。
    bù guò , wǒ nán miǎn jué de bù gān xīn — yīn wèi , wǒ duì chāo shì de qí tā shēng xiān shí pǐn yě hào qí jí le , què zhǐ néng qì fèn zì jǐ zhǐ dǒng de yòng wēi bō kǎo xiāng .
    • That said, it was inevitable that I could not accept my failure—that's because I became curious of other fresh food products in the supermarket, yet I could only be mad at myself for only knowing how to use a microwave oven.