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

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

to be unable to; must not; should not
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

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

chữ Hán form of bất kham.

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