不可收拾

Chinese

		cannot; should not; must not	to tidy; to put in order; to clean up to tidy; to put in order; to clean up; to clear; to pack
simp. and trad. (不可收拾)		不可	收拾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùkě-shōushí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄡ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ho² sau¹ sap⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-khó-siu-sip

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùkě-shōushí → bùkě-shōushi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄡ ㄕˊ → ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄡ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùkěshoushi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻo³-shou¹-shih⁵
    • Yale: bù-kě-shōu-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukeeshou.shyr
    • Palladius: букэшоуши (bukɛšouši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/ → /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ho² sau¹ sap⁶
    • Yale: bāt hó sāu sahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ho² sau¹ sap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ho² seo¹ seb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-khó-siu-sip
    • Tâi-lô: put-khó-siu-sip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putqoysiusib
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu⁴⁴⁻²² sip̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siu³³ sip̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu⁴⁴⁻²² sip̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu⁴⁴⁻³³ sip̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siu⁴⁴⁻³³ sip̚³²/

Idiom

不可收拾

1. irremediable; unsalvageable; unmanageable; out of hand

Derived terms

• 一發不可收拾／一发不可收拾 (yīfābùkěshōushi)