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Definition 2024

除非

除非

Chinese

		remove; do away with; wipe out remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except	non-; not-; un-
simp. and trad. (除非)		除	非

Conjunction

除非

unless
only if; only when

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): chúfēi

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˊ ㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ fei¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhù-fî
Min Nan (POJ): tî-hui / tû-hui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: chúfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˊ ㄈㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwufei
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi⁴ fei¹
  - Yale: chèuih fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ fei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɵy̯²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhù-fî
  - Hakka Romanization System: cuˇ fi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cu² fi¹
  - IPA: /t͡sʰu¹¹ fi²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-hui / tû-hui
  - Tâi-lô: tî-hui / tû-hui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: di'huy, du'huy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ti²⁴⁻²² hui⁴⁴/, /tu²⁴⁻²² hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²⁴⁻²² hui³³/, /tu²⁴⁻²² hui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti¹³⁻²² hui⁴⁴/, /tu¹³⁻²² hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ti²⁴⁻¹¹ hui⁴⁴/, /tu²⁴⁻¹¹ hui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³⁻³³ hui⁴⁴/, /tu²³⁻³³ hui⁴⁴/