不可終日
Chinese
editcannot; should not; must not | the whole day; all day long; all the time | ||
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trad. (不可終日) | 不可 | 終日 | |
simp. (不可终日) | 不可 | 终日 | |
Literally: “unable to carry on even for a single day”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùkějhongrìh
- Wade–Giles: pu4-kʻo3-chung1-jih4
- Yale: bù-kě-jūng-r̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukeejongryh
- Palladius: букэчжунжи (bukɛčžunži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 ho2 zung1 jat6
- Yale: bāt hó jūng yaht
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 ho2 dzung1 jat9
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 ho2 zung1 yed6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit不可終日
- (figurative) in a desperate situation
- (figurative) very frightened; very anxious