不可終日

Chinese

		cannot; should not; must not	the whole day; all day long
trad. (不可終日)		不可	終日
simp. (不可终日)		不可	终日
Literally: “unable to carry on even for a single day”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùkě zhōngrì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ho² zung¹ jat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùkě zhōngrì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄖˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4kee jongryh
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ ho² zung¹ jat⁶
  - Yale: bāt hó jūng yaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ho² dzung¹ jat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ho² zung¹ yed⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚²/

Idiom

不可終日

in a desperate situation

Derived terms

惶惶不可終日／惶惶不可终日

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