# 不行
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bùxíng
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bat$^1$ hang$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bùxíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bùsíng
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^4$-hsing$^2$
*** Yale: bù-syíng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushyng
*** Palladius: бусин (busin)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$不形 不行 步行
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bat$^1$ hang$^4$
*** Yale: bāt hàhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bat$^7$ hang$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bed$^1$ heng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: pjuw|pjuwX|pjut haeng
Rime :
| Character | 不 | 不 | 不 | 行 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 2/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 幫 (1) | 幫 (1) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 尤 (136) | 物 (60) | 庚 (109) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III | II |
| Fanqie | 甫鳩切 | 方久切 | 分勿切 | 戸庚切 |
| Baxter | pjuw | pjuwX | pjut | haeng |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɨu/ | /pɨu$^X$/ | /pɨut̚/ | /ɦˠæŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /piu/ | /piu$^X$/ | /piut̚/ | /ɦᵚaŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piəu/ | /piəu$^X$/ | /piuət̚/ | /ɣaŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /puw/ | /puw$^X$/ | /put̚/ | /ɦaɨjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /piu/ | /piu$^X$/ | /piuət̚/ | /ɣɐŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭəu/ | /pĭəu$^X$/ | /pĭuət̚/ | /ɣɐŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pi̯ə̯u/ | /pi̯ə̯u$^X$/ | /pi̯uət̚/ | /ɣɐŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fōu | fǒu | fu | héng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fau$^1$ | fau$^2$ | fat$^1$ | hang$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pə Cə.[ɡ]ˤraŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ' ɡraːŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 不 | 行 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bù | xíng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjuw › | ‹ hæng › |
| Old Chinese | /*pə/ | /*Cə.[ɡ]ˁraŋ/ |
| English | not | walk (v.) |
| 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 | 行 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 3/4 |
| No. | 1025 | 1029 | 1048 | 13867 |
| Phonetic component | 不 | 不 | 不 | 行 |
| Rime group | 之 | 之 | 物 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 不 | 缶 | 弗 | 行 |
| Old Chinese | /*pɯ/ | /*pɯʔ/ | /*pɯ'/ | /*ɡraːŋ/ |
| Notes | | 象花柎與本同源 | 中古才促化 | |

### Adjective

不行
* unacceptable; out of the question; won't do
       Lǎo Wáng a, zhè kě bùxíng! [Pinyin]
       Old Wang, this won't do!
       Kǒngpà bānjiā shì wànwàn bùxíng de. [Pinyin]
       Unfortunately, moving is out of the question.
* no good; poor; incapable; incompetent

#### Synonyms

* (Cantonese) 唔得

### Verb

不行
* (euphemistic) to be about to die, (usually followed by 了)
* (archaic) to not implement; to not put into practice; to not practice
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Kǒngzǐ zhī yán zhī bùyòng, dào zhī bùxíng yě, shìfēi èr bǎi sìshí'èr nián zhīzhōng, yǐwèi tiānxià yíbiǎo, biǎn tiānzǐ, tuì zhūhóu, tǎo dàfū, yǐ dá wángshì ér yǐ yǐ. [Pinyin]
    Confucius, knowing very well that his teachings and principles would see no implementation, (then wrote to) make clear the rights and wrongs of the two hundred and forty-two years, so that a set of norms could be established for all, that rulers of all ranks could be judged upon and put into their places, and that the way to the ideal government could be prepared.

### Adverb

不行
* awfully; a lot; terribly
    喜歡得不行／喜欢得不行 ― xǐhuān de bùxíng ― to like a lot
    懶得不行／懒得不行 ― lǎn de bùxíng ― terribly lazy

#### Usage notes

When used as an adverb, 不行 (bùxíng) must be placed after 得 (de).

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 不行(ふこう) (fukō)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 不 | 行 |
| ふ Grade: 4 | こう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

不(ふ)行(こう) • (fukō)
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