"苦不堪言" meaning in Chinese

See 苦不堪言 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /fuː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐm⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰam³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 苦不堪言
  1. unspeakably painful; suffer unspeakably Tags: idiomatic
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "苦不堪言",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hokkien chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unspeakably painful; suffer unspeakably"
      ],
      "id": "en-苦不堪言-zh-phrase-LBiGfQa0",
      "links": [
        [
          "unspeakably",
          "unspeakably"
        ],
        [
          "painful",
          "painful"
        ],
        [
          "suffer",
          "suffer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kǔbùkānyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄎㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fu² bat¹ ham¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khó͘-put-kham-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kǔbùkānyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄎㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kǔbùkanyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kʻu³-pu⁴-kʻan¹-yen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kǔ-bù-kān-yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kuubukanyan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kubukanʹjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "кубуканьянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fu² bat¹ ham¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fú bāt hām yìhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fu² bat⁷ ham¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fu² bed¹ hem¹ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐm⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khó͘-put-kham-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khóo-put-kham-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qofputqamgieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰam³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "苦不堪言"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "苦不堪言",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 堪",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 苦",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 言",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien chengyu",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unspeakably painful; suffer unspeakably"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unspeakably",
          "unspeakably"
        ],
        [
          "painful",
          "painful"
        ],
        [
          "suffer",
          "suffer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kǔbùkānyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄎㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fu² bat¹ ham¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khó͘-put-kham-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kǔbùkānyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄎㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kǔbùkanyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kʻu³-pu⁴-kʻan¹-yen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kǔ-bù-kān-yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kuubukanyan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kubukanʹjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "кубуканьянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fu² bat¹ ham¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fú bāt hām yìhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fu² bat⁷ ham¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fu² bed¹ hem¹ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐm⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khó͘-put-kham-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khóo-put-kham-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qofputqamgieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰam³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "苦不堪言"
}

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