苦不堪言

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	not; no	endure	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (苦不堪言)		苦	不	堪	言
simp. #(苦不堪言)		苦	不	堪	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔbùkānyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² bat¹ ham¹ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-put-kham-giân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔbùkānyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔbùkanyán
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-pu⁴-kʻan¹-yen²
    • Yale: kǔ-bù-kān-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuubukanyan
    • Palladius: кубуканьянь (kubukanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² bat¹ ham¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: fú bāt hām yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² bat⁷ ham¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² bed¹ hem¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐm⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-put-kham-giân
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-put-kham-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofputqamgieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰam³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/

Idiom

苦不堪言

1. unspeakably painful; suffer unspeakably