忍唔住

Chinese

		to bear; to endure; to tolerate	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop
trad. (忍唔住)		忍	唔	住
simp. #(忍唔住)		忍	唔	住

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² m⁴ zyu⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan² m⁴ zyu⁶
    • Yale: yán m̀h jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan² m⁴ dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen² m⁴ ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ m̩²¹ t͡syː²²/

Verb

忍唔住

1. (Cantonese) to be unable to bear

   • 有時係忍唔住笑。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     有时系忍唔住笑。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1 May 2015, Leung Chun-ying's response to Leung Kwok-hung's protest at Labour Day's dinner party ([1])

     jau⁵ si⁴ hai⁶ jan² m⁴ zyu⁶ siu³. [Jyutping]

     Sometimes I can't help laughing.

Synonyms

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• 受不了 (shòubùliǎo)
• 受不得
• 受勿了 (Wu)
• 吃不消 (chībùxiāo)
• 吃勿消 (⁷chiq-veq-shiau) (Wu)
• 忍不住 (rěnbùzhù)
• 𢴳勿牢 (Wu)
• 擋𣍐牢 / 挡𫧃牢 (Hokkien)
• 擱不住 / 搁不住
• 𣍐堪 / 𫧃堪 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐堪得 / 𫧃堪得 (Hokkien)
• 𣍐打限 / 𫧃打限 (Hokkien, Malaysia, Singapore)
• 禁不住
• 行勿住 (Wu)
• 行勿消 (Wu)
• 行勿落 (⁶ghaon-veq₈-loq₈) (Wu)
• 頂唔順 / 顶唔顺 (ding² m⁴ seon⁶) (Cantonese)
• 食𣍐消 / 食𫧃消 (Hokkien)
• 食𣍐焦 / 食𫧃焦 (Hokkien)

 

Antonyms

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• 受得了 (shòudeliǎo)
• 吃得消 (chīdexiāo)
• 堪得 (Hokkien)
• 會堪得 / 会堪得 (Hokkien)
• 食會消 / 食会消 (Hokkien)