忍不住

Chinese

		to bear; to endure; to tolerate	incessantly; without end; nonstop
trad. (忍不住)		忍	不住
simp. #(忍不住)		忍	不住

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rěnbùzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² bat¹ zyu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rěnbùzhù [Phonetic: rěnbúzhù] → rěnbuzhù (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ → ㄖㄣˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄨˋ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rěnbůjhù
    • Wade–Giles: jên³-pu⁵-chu⁴
    • Yale: rěn-bu-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reenbujuh
    • Palladius: жэньбучжу (žɛnʹbučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/ → /ʐən²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan² bat¹ zyu⁶
    • Yale: yán bāt jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan² bat⁷ dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen² bed¹ ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡syː²²/

Verb

忍不住

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)

 

• (to be unable to help from doing something): 禁不住 (jīnbuzhù)

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)