不堪回首
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Chinese
| trad. (不堪回首) | 不堪 | 回首 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. #(不堪回首) | 不堪 | 回首 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): bùkānhuíshǒu
- (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bat1 ham1 wui4 sau2
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bug4 kam1 huê5 siu2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bùkānhuíshǒu
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùkanhuéishǒu
- Wade–Giles: pu4-kʻan1-hui2-shou3
- Yale: bù-kān-hwéi-shǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukanhweishoou
- Palladius: буканьхуэйшоу (bukanʹxuejšou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 ham1 wui4 sau2
- Yale: bāt hām wùih sáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 ham1 wui4 sau2
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 hem1 wui4 seo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɐm⁵⁵ wuːi̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bug4 kam1 huê5 siu2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk kham huê siú
- Sinological IPA (key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ kʰam³³⁻²³ hue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siu⁵²/
- (Teochew)
Idiom
不堪回首
- cannot bear to look back on; to find it unbearable to recall