可望而不可即

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	cannot; should not; must not	namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near
trad. (可望而不可即)		可	望	而	不可	即
simp. #(可望而不可即)		可	望	而	不可	即
Literally: “One can see but cannot approach”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kě wàng ér bùkě jí

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² mong⁴ ji⁴ bat¹ ho² zik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kě wàng ér bùkě jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kě wàng ér bùkě jí
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³ wang⁴ êrh² pu⁴-kʻo³ chi²
    • Yale: kě wàng ér bù-kě jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kee wanq erl bukee jyi
    • Palladius: кэ ван эр букэ цзи (kɛ van er bukɛ czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² mong⁴ ji⁴ bat¹ ho² zik¹
    • Yale: hó mòhng yìh bāt hó jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² mong⁴ ji⁴ bat⁷ ho² dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² mong⁴ yi⁴ bed¹ ho² jig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ mɔːŋ²¹ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

可望而不可即

1. in sight but unattainable; within sight but beyond reach; inaccessible

Synonyms

• 可望而不可及 (kě wàng ér bùkě jí)