禁不住

Chinese

		to prohibit; to forbid; endure	incessantly; without end; nonstop
trad. (禁不住)		禁	不住
simp. #(禁不住)		禁	不住

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnbuzhù, jīnbùzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄨˋ, ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ bat¹ zyu⁶, kam¹ bat¹ zyu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnbuzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinbůjhù
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-pu⁵-chu⁴
    • Yale: jīn-bu-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinbujuh
    • Palladius: цзиньбучжу (czinʹbučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ b̥u² ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnbùzhù [Phonetic: jīnbúzhù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinbùjhù
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-pu⁴-chu⁴
    • Yale: jīn-bù-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinbujuh
    • Palladius: цзиньбучжу (czinʹbučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ bat¹ zyu⁶, kam¹ bat¹ zyu⁶
    • Yale: gām bāt jyuh, kām bāt jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ bat⁷ dzy⁶, kam¹ bat⁷ dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ bed¹ ju⁶, kem¹ bed¹ ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡syː²²/, /kʰɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡syː²²/

Verb

禁不住

1. to be unable to bear
2. to be unable to help (from doing something)

Synonyms

• (to be unable to bear):

• 受不了 (shòubùliǎo)
• 受不得
• 受勿了 (Wu)
• 吃不消 (chībùxiāo)
• 吃勿消 (⁷chiq-veq-shiau) (Wu)
• 忍不住 (rěnbùzhù)
• 忍唔住 (jan² m⁴ zyu⁶) (Cantonese)
• 𢴳勿牢 (Wu)
• 擋𣍐牢／挡𫧃牢 (Hokkien)
• 擱不住／搁不住
• 𣍐堪／𫧃堪 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐堪得／𫧃堪得 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐打限／𫧃打限 (Hokkien, Malaysia, Singapore)
• 行勿住 (Wu)
• 行勿消 (Wu)
• 行勿落 (⁶ghaon-veq-loq) (Wu)
• 頂唔順／顶唔顺 (ding² m⁴ seon⁶) (Cantonese)
• 食𣍐消／食𫧃消 (Hokkien)
• 食𣍐焦／食𫧃焦 (Hokkien)

 

• (to be unable to help from doing something): 忍不住 (rěnbùzhù)

Antonyms

• 受得了 (shòudeliǎo)
• 吃得消 (chīdexiāo)
• 堪得 (Hokkien)
• 會堪得／会堪得 (Hokkien)
• 食會消／食会消 (Hokkien)