不貳過

Chinese

		not; no	two (fraud-proof)	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
trad. (不貳過)		不	貳	過
simp. (不贰过)		不	贰	过

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù'èrguò

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄦˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ji⁶ gwo³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bù'èrguò
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄦˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bù-èrguò
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-êrh⁴-kuo⁴
    • Yale: bù-èr-gwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buellguoh
    • Palladius: буэрго (buergo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ji⁶ gwo³
    • Yale: bāt yih gwo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ji⁶ gwo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yi⁶ guo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiː²² kʷɔː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjuw|pjuwX|pjut nyijH kwaH

Rime
Character	不	不	不	貳	過
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	日 (38)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)	物 (60)	脂 (15)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III	III	I
Fanqie	甫鳩切	方久切	分勿切	而至切	古卧切
Baxter	pjuw	pjuwX	pjut	nyijH	kwaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨu/	/pɨuX/	/pɨut̚/	/ȵiɪH/	/kuɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/piu/	/piuX/	/piut̚/	/ȵiH/	/kuɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/piəu/	/piəuX/	/piuət̚/	/ȵʑjɪH/	/kuɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puw/	/puwX/	/put̚/	/ȵiH/	/kwaH/
Li Rong	/piu/	/piuX/	/piuət̚/	/ȵiH/	/kuɑH/
Wang Li	/pĭəu/	/pĭəuX/	/pĭuət̚/	/ȵʑiH/	/kuɑH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ə̯u/	/pi̯ə̯uX/	/pi̯uət̚/	/ȵʑiH/	/kuɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fōu	fǒu	fu	èr	guò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau1	fau2	fat1	ji6	gwo3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pə  ni[j]-s  kʷˤaj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ'  njis  kloːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	不	貳	過
Reading #	1/2	1/1	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bù	èr	guò
Middle Chinese	‹ pjuw ›	‹ nyijH ›	‹ kwaH ›
Old Chinese	/*pə/	/*ni[j]-s/	/*kʷˁaj-s/
English	not	two	to pass; transgress
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	不	不	不	貳	過
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1	2/2
No.	1025	1029	1048	2826	4371
Phonetic component	不	不	不	二	冎
Rime group	之	之	物	脂	歌
Rime subdivision	0	0	1	2	3
Corresponding MC rime	不	缶	弗	二
Old Chinese	/*pɯ/	/*pɯʔ/	/*pɯ'/	/*njis/	/*kloːls/
Notes		象花柎與本同源	中古才促化

Verb

不貳過

1. (literary) to not repeat the same mistake

   • 有顏回者好學，不遷怒，不貳過。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有颜回者好学，不迁怒，不贰过。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǒu Yán Huí zhě hàoxué, bù qiānnù, bù èr guò. [Pinyin]

     There was Yan Hui; He loved to learn. He did not transfer his anger; he did not repeat a fault.