情何以堪

Chinese

		feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	how; why; with what	endure
trad. (情何以堪)		情	何以	堪
simp. #(情何以堪)		情	何以	堪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qínghéyǐkān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄧˇ ㄎㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ ho⁴ ji⁵ ham¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qínghéyǐkān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄧˇ ㄎㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cínghéyǐkan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²-ho²-i³-kʻan¹
    • Yale: chíng-hé-yǐ-kān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngheryiikan
    • Palladius: цинхэикань (cinxɛikanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing⁴ ho⁴ ji⁵ ham¹
    • Yale: chìhng hòh yíh hām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ ho⁴ ji⁵ ham¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ ho⁴ yi⁵ hem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ hɔː²¹ jiː¹³ hɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

情何以堪

1. how can someone stand it emotionally? how can something be endured?

   你讓我情何以堪？ [MSC, trad.]
   你让我情何以堪？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ ràng wǒ qínghéyǐkān? [Pinyin]

   How did you expect me to take it? / Did you think of me at all?