難以為繼

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	to continue; to follow after; then to continue; to follow after; then; afterwards; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit
trad. (難以為繼/難以爲繼)		難	以	為/爲	繼
simp. (难以为继)		难	以	为	继

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nányǐwéijì

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ ji⁵ wai⁴ gai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nányǐwéijì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nányǐwéijì
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-i³-wei²-chi⁴
    • Yale: nán-yǐ-wéi-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanyiiweijih
    • Palladius: наньивэйцзи (nanʹivɛjczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ ji⁵ wai⁴ gai³
    • Yale: nàahn yíh wàih gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ ji⁵ wai⁴ gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ yi⁵ wei⁴ gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ jiː¹³ wɐi̯²¹ kɐi̯³³/

Idiom

難以為繼

1. difficult to sustain; unsustainable

Synonyms

• 難乎為繼／难乎为继 (nánhūwéijì)