美不勝收

See also: 美不胜收

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	to not win; to lose; to be not up to to not win; to lose; to be not up to; to be unable to bear	to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)
trad. (美不勝收)		美	不勝	收
simp. (美不胜收)		美	不胜	收

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měibùshèngshōu, měibùshēngshōu

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄡ, ㄇㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥㄕㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ bat¹ sing¹ sau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-put-sèng-siu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měibùshèngshōu [Phonetic: měibúshèngshōu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měibùshèngshou
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-pu⁴-shêng⁴-shou¹
  - Yale: měi-bù-shèng-shōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeibushenqshou
  - Palladius: мэйбушэншоу (mɛjbušɛnšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měibùshēngshōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥㄕㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měibùshengshou
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-pu⁴-shêng¹-shou¹
  - Yale: měi-bù-shēng-shōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeibushengshou
  - Palladius: мэйбушэншоу (mɛjbušɛnšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ bat¹ sing¹ sau¹
  - Yale: méih bāt sīng sāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ bat⁷ sing¹ sau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ bed¹ xing¹ seo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-put-sèng-siu
  - Tâi-lô: bí-put-sìng-siu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'putseangsiw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ siu⁴⁴/

Idiom

美不勝收

indescribably beautiful; too many beautiful things to be fully appreciated all at once