慘不忍睹

See also: 惨不忍睹

Chinese

		miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic	cannot bear to	observe; see
trad. (慘不忍睹)		慘	不忍	睹
simp. (惨不忍睹)		惨	不忍	睹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎnbùrěndǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˇ ㄉㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam² bat¹ jan² dou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhám-put-lím-tó͘ / chhám-put-jím-tó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎnbùrěndǔ [Phonetic: cǎnbùréndǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˇ ㄉㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎnbùrěndǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan³-pu⁴-jên³-tu³
    • Yale: tsǎn-bù-rěn-dǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaanbureenduu
    • Palladius: цаньбужэньду (canʹbužɛnʹdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʐən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam² bat¹ jan² dou²
    • Yale: cháam bāt yán dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam² bat⁷ jan² dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam² bed¹ yen² dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jɐn³⁵ tou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhám-put-lím-tó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshám-put-lím-tóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafmputlymdor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhám-put-jím-tó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshám-put-jím-tóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafmputjymdor
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ zim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁴¹/

Idiom

慘不忍睹

1. (of people or situations) to be too horrible to look at

   車禍現場，血肉橫飛，令人慘不忍睹。 [MSC, trad.]
   车祸现场，血肉横飞，令人惨不忍睹。 [MSC, simp.]

   Chēhuò xiànchǎng, xuèròuhéngfēi, lìngrén cǎnbùrěndǔ. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

• “Entry #141892”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.