刻不容緩

Chinese

		quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive	not; no	to hold; to contain; to allow to hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance	slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone
trad. (刻不容緩)		刻	不	容	緩
simp. (刻不容缓)		刻	不	容	缓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèbùrónghuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ bat¹ jung⁴ wun⁶ / hak¹ bat¹ jung⁴ wun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khek-put-iông-oān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèbùrónghuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèbùrónghuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-pu⁴-jung²-huan³
    • Yale: kè-bù-rúng-hwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehburonghoan
    • Palladius: кэбужунхуань (kɛbužunxuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵ xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ bat¹ jung⁴ wun⁶ / hak¹ bat¹ jung⁴ wun⁴
    • Yale: hāk bāt yùhng wuhn / hāk bāt yùhng wùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ bat⁷ jung⁴ wun⁶ / hak⁷ bat⁷ jung⁴ wun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ bed¹ yung⁴ wun⁶ / heg¹ bed¹ yung⁴ wun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²¹ wuːn²²/, /hɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²¹ wuːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek-put-iông-oān
    • Tâi-lô: khik-put-iông-uān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qekput'iong'oan
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ uan³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ²³⁻³³ uan³³/

Idiom

刻不容緩

1. to not tolerate any further delay; to be very urgent