吃不消

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	not; no	consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish
trad. (吃不消)		吃	不	消
simp. #(吃不消)		吃	不	消

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chībùxiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ bat¹ siu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chībùxiāo → chībuxiāo (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠ → ㄔ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄒㄧㄠ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihbůsiao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-pu⁵-hsiao¹
    • Yale: chr̄-bu-syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chybushiau
    • Palladius: чибусяо (čibusjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ b̥u² ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ bat¹ siu¹
    • Yale: hek bāt sīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ bat⁷ siu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ bed¹ xiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ pɐt̚⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

吃不消

1. to be unable to bear

   兩天要準備八門的考試，她恐怕吃不消。 [MSC, trad.]
   两天要准备八门的考试，她恐怕吃不消。 [MSC, simp.]

   Liǎng tiān yào zhǔnbèi bā mén de kǎoshì, tā kǒngpà chībùxiāo. [Pinyin]

   She feared she wouldn't be able to handle preparing for eight exams in two days.

Synonyms

• 受不了 (shòubùliǎo)
• 受不得
• 受勿了 (Wu)
• 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)
• 禁不住
• 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)

 

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)