# 甭

| 甭 | U+752D, &#29997; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-752D |
| ← 甬 [U+752C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 甮 → [U+752E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

甭 (Kangxi radical 101, 用+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一火月手 (MFBQ), four-corner 1022$_7$, composition ⿱不用)

#### Derived characters

* 𠋊

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 756, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21713
* Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 25, character 11
* Unihan data for U+752D

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

From a northern dialectal pronunciation of 不用.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): béng, bíng (beng$^2$, bing$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄥˊ, ㄅㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bung$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$pion
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese and Beijing dialect)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: béng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: béng
*** Wade–Giles: pêng$^2$
*** Yale: béng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: berng
*** Palladius: бэн (bɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɤŋ³⁵/
** (Beijing dialect)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bíng
*** Wade–Giles: ping$^2$
*** Yale: bíng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byng
*** Palladius: бин (bin)
*** Sinological IPA : /piŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bung$^2$
*** Yale: búng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bung$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʊŋ³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$pion
*** MiniDict: pion$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$pion
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pioŋ³⁴/

#### Definitions

甭
* (dialectal Mandarin) Contraction of 不用 (“needn't”).
    From: 1957, Lao She, Teahouse
    Suànle ba, wǒ sòng gěi nǐ yī wǎn chá hē, nǐ jiù béng mài nà tào shēngyìkǒu la! [Pinyin]
    Save your words. I'll give you a cup of tea for free. You needn't smooth talk me!
* (Beijing Mandarin) Indicates a rhetorical question: could it be that...; is it possible that...

##### Synonyms

* (needn't):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 不必, 無須, 毋庸 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 不必, 毋須, 無須, 無須乎, 不待 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 甭, 不用, 甭用 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 不用 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 甭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 不用 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 不用, 不必 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 甭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 不用 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 不消 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 不消, 用不著 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 不用 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 用不著 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 不用 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唔使 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 唔使 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 唔使 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 唔使, 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 唔使 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 無使, 使乜 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 冇使 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 唔使 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 唔使 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 不消, 用不著 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 唔使 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 唔使 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 唔使 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 唔使 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 唔使 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 唔使 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 唔使 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 唔使 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 不用 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 伓讓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 伓使 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 伓使 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 伓使 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 毋免, 免, 毋使 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 毋免, 免 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 毋免, 免, 毋使 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 毋免, 免 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 毋免, 免 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 毋免, 免 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 毋免, 免 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 毋免, 免 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 免, 免用 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 免, 免用 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 免 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 免 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 免, 免用 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 免 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 免 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 無用 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 無用 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 唔使 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 勿要, 覅, 用勿著, 勿用, 好勿要, 好覅 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 用勿著 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 甮, 好甮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 覅用, 否用 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 不消 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 不消, 不要 |
* (could it be that):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 莫非, 豈, 莫不是 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 莫非, 豈, 難道, 莫不是 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 難道, 難不成, 甭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 難道, 難不成 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 難說 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唔通 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 唔通 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 唔成, 敢係, 唔得旨, 毋旨, 毋旨估 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 無成, 敢講, 敢係 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 無成, 敢講, 敢係 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 無成, 敢講, 敢係 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 無成, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 無成, 毋成, 敢講, 敢係 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 無敢, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 敢, 總無 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 敢, 總無, 攏無 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 敢, 總無 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 敢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 敢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 未是 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 未是, 敢, 敢是 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 只勿 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 難算得 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 冇過 |

### Etymology 2

Contraction of 毋通 (m̄-thang).

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bang / bàng / mang
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bang
*** Tâi-lô: bang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bafng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /baŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bàng
*** Tâi-lô: bàng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: baxng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /baŋ¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Penang, Philippines, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mang
*** Tâi-lô: mang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mafng
*** IPA (Penang, Philippines): /maŋ³³/
*** IPA (Singapore): /maŋ⁴⁴/

#### Definitions

甭
* (Hokkien) do not; don't; cannot

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 勿, 莫$_1$, 毋, 無 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 別, 不要, 勿, 別要 chiefly Hong Kong |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 別, 別價 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 別, 不要 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 別 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 不要 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 不要 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 別, 別價, 甭價, 不要 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 別 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 嫑, 甭$_1$, 休 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 嫑, 不要 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 嫑, 不敢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 嫑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 嫑, 休 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 不要 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 嫑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 莫$_1$, 不要, 嫑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 莫$_1$, 不 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 不要 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 莫$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 莫$_1$, 莫要 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 莫$_1$ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 不要 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 莫$_1$, 不要 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 別, 不要 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 咪, 咪個, 唔好 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 咪, 唔好, 冇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 唔好 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 唔要 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 咪 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 咪 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 唔好 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 唔好 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 唔好 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 咪, 唔好 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 咪 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 咪, 唔好 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 莫$_1$, 無好 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 毛 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 冇 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 冇要 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 咪 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 咪, 唔好 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 莫$_1$ |
| Gan | Lichuan | 毋要, 不要 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 不要 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 莫$_1$, 毋愛, 毋好 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 毋愛 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Changting | 毋要 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 毋要 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 毋要 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 毋要, 毋敢 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 毋要 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 毋要 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 毋要 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 毋愛 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 毋好 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 唔愛 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 不要, 嫑 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 不要, 嫑 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 不要, 嫑 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 不要, 不敢 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 不要, 嫑, 播 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 伓敢, 伓讓, 毋 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 伓敢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 伓通, 毋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 伓通 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 毋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 毋通, 毋愛, 莫$_2$, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 毋通, 毋愛, 甭$_2$, 莫用, 汰 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 毋通, 莫$_2$, 甭$_2$, 𱰠, 莫用, 汰 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 孬 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 莫去 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 毋通, 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 莫$_2$, 甭$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 莫$_2$, 毋通, 甭$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 莫$_2$, 毋通, 甭$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 毋通, 甭$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 別 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 孬, 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 孬, 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 孬, 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 孬 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 孬 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Teochew) | 莫$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 莫$_2$, 孬 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 無地 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 無用, 莫$_2$, 無莫 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 無用 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 無用 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 冇要 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 勿要, 𧟰 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 拗 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 𧟰 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 𧟰 |
| Wu | Nantong (Haimen) | 拗, 拗要, 弗要 |
| Wu | Danyang | 弗要, 𫸻 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 嫑 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 弗要, 消, 𧟰 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 莫, 甮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 𧟰 |
| Wu | Lishui | ⿰毋樂 |
| Wu | Qingyuan | ⿰否樂 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 𫸻, 弗要, 弗用 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 莫$_1$, 不要 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 不要, 莫$_1$ |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 莫$_1$ |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 別 |

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mài
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mài
*** Tâi-lô: mài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: maix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /mãi²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /mãi¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi²¹/

#### Definitions

甭
* (Hokkien) Alternative form of 莫 (mài, “do not”)
** 1994, “心愛的甭哭”, in 王月娛 (lyrics), 徐嘉良 (music), 歡喜就好, performed by 陳雷 [Chen Lei]:
       ah ~ sim-ài--ê mài khàu, chhiáⁿ lí chiong góa pàng bōe-kì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       Ah, don't cry, my love, please forget about me
** 2012, 詹雅雯 [Chan Ya-wen] (lyrics and music), “一個人”, in 當店, performed by 詹雅雯 [Chan Ya-wen]:
       khong-khì tiong mài chhun siok-bo̍k kah góa [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       Don't leave loneliness with me in the air.
** 2016, 廖偉志 (lyrics and music), “燒酒乾一杯”, performed by 楊哲:
       chiām-sî hòng-hā mài siūⁿ hiah chōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       Let it go for now, and don't think of it that much.
** 2018, “人生車站 [Through Life]”, 高以德 (lyrics), performed by 洪榮宏 [Chris Hung]:
       iâⁿ mài kiau-ngō͘ su mài oàn-thàn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       Don't be arrogant when you win; don't complain when you lose.

### Etymology 4

* For pronunciation and definitions of 甭 – see 棄 (“to abandon; to discard; to reject”). (This character is a variant form of 棄).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02631

## Vietnamese
### Han character

甭: Hán Nôm readings: bằng
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