不堪回首

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	to turn round; to turn one's head back; to look back to turn round; to turn one's head back; to look back; to recollect
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

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• 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⁾/
• 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/
• 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/

Idiom

不堪回首

1. cannot bear to look back on; to find it unbearable to recall