不堪設想

Chinese

		to unable to; must not; should not to unable to; must not; should not; to be unable to bear; to be unable to stand	to suppose; to presume; to envisage to suppose; to presume; to envisage; to consider; to have consideration for
trad. (不堪設想)		不堪	設想
simp. (不堪设想)		不堪	设想

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùkānshèxiǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢㄕㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ham¹ cit³ soeng²
Min Nan (POJ): put-kham-siat-sióng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùkānshèxiǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢㄕㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4kanshehsheang
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰa̠n⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ ham¹ cit³ soeng²
  - Yale: bāt hām chit séung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ham¹ tsit⁸ soeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ hem¹ qid³ sêng²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³ sœːŋ³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kham-siat-sióng
  - Tâi-lô: put-kham-siat-sióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putqamsiatsiorng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰam³³ ɕiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/

Idiom

不堪設想

too dreadful to contemplate; too horrible to imagine

後果不堪設想。 / 后果不堪设想。 ― Hòuguǒ bùkānshèxiǎng. ― The consequences will be disastrous.

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