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
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): boh⁶ kang¹ / buoh⁶ kang¹
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/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: boh⁶ kang¹ [Phonetic: boh⁷ kang¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: beoh-kang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ kʰaŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buoh⁶ kang¹ [Phonetic: buoh⁷ kang¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoʔ²⁻⁴ kʰaŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kham
  - Tâi-lô: put-kham
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putqafm
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰam³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰam⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴/
  - Sinological 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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
不	堪

Adjective

不堪

chữ Hán form of bất kham

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