不堪

Chinese

		not; no	endure
trad. (不堪)		不	堪
simp. #(不堪)		不	堪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùkān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ham¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): put-kham

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ kam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùkān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùkan
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻan¹
    • Yale: bù-kān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukan
    • Palladius: букань (bukanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ham¹
    • Yale: bāt hām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ham¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ hem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kham
    • Tâi-lô: put-kham
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putqafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bug⁴ kam¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk kham
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ kʰam³³/

Verb

不堪

1. to be unable to; must not; should not
2. to be unable to bear; to be unable to stand

Synonyms

• (to be unable to bear): (literary) 不勝／不胜 (bùshèng)

Adverb

不堪

1. utterly; extremely

Usage notes

When used as an adverb, 不堪 (bùkān) is always put after the verb it modifies.

Derived terms

• 不堪一擊／不堪一击 (bùkānyījī)
• 不堪之物
• 不堪入目 (bùkānrùmù)
• 不堪入耳 (bùkānrù'ěr)
• 不堪其擾／不堪其扰 (bùkānqírǎo)
• 不堪回首 (bùkānhuíshǒu)
• 不堪言狀／不堪言状
• 不堪設想／不堪设想 (bùkānshèxiǎng)
• 不堪負荷／不堪负荷
• 不堪造就
• 凌亂不堪
• 國不堪貳／国不堪贰 (guóbùkān'èr)
• 民不堪命
• 狼狽不堪／狼狈不堪
• 痛不堪忍
• 破爛不堪／破烂不堪 (pòlànbùkān)
• 苦不堪言 (kǔbùkānyán)
• 鄙俗不堪

 

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
不	堪

Adjective

不堪

1. chữ Hán form of bất kham.