百思不解

Chinese

		hundred	to think; to consider	not; no	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
trad. (百思不解)		百	思	不	解
simp. #(百思不解)		百	思	不	解
Literally: “still puzzled after pondering a hundred times”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎisībùjiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄙ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ si¹ bat¹ gaai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎisībùjiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄙ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎisihbùjiě
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-ssŭ¹-pu⁴-chieh³
    • Yale: bǎi-sz̄-bù-jyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baesybujiee
    • Palladius: байсыбуцзе (bajsybucze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ si¹ bat¹ gaai²
    • Yale: baak sī bāt gáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ si¹ bat⁷ gaai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ xi¹ bed¹ gai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kaːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

百思不解

1. incomprehensible; perplexed still despite much thought

Synonyms

• 百思不得其解 (bǎisībùdéqíjiě)