不堪一擊

Chinese

		to be unable to; must not; should not to be unable to; must not; should not; to be unable to bear; to be unable to stand	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to hit; to strike; to break
trad. (不堪一擊)		不堪	一	擊
simp. (不堪一击)		不堪	一	击

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùkānyījī, bùkānyījí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ ㄧ ㄐㄧ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ ㄧ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ham¹ jat¹ gik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-kham-it-kek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùkānyījī [Phonetic: bùkānyìjī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ ㄧ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùkanyiji
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻan¹-i¹-chi¹
    • Yale: bù-kān-yī-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukaniji
    • Palladius: буканьицзи (bukanʹiczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùkānyījí [Phonetic: bùkānyìjí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ ㄧ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùkanyijí
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻan¹-i¹-chi²
    • Yale: bù-kān-yī-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukanijyi
    • Palladius: буканьицзи (bukanʹiczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ham¹ jat¹ gik¹
    • Yale: bāt hām yāt gīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ham¹ jat⁷ gik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ hem¹ yed¹ gig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɐm⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ kɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kham-it-kek
    • Tâi-lô: put-kham-it-kik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putqam'itkeg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ it̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪk̚³²/

Idiom

不堪一擊

1. cannot withstand a single blow; collapse at the first blow