吃不消

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	not; no	consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish
simp. and trad. (吃不消)		吃	不	消

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chībùxiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ bat¹ siu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chībùxiāo → chībuxiāo (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠ → ㄔ ˙ㄅㄨㄒㄧㄠ (toneless variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chybu5shiau
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ b̥u² ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hek³ bat¹ siu¹
  - Yale: hek bāt sīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ bat⁷ siu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hég³ bed¹ xiu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ pɐt̚⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

吃不消

to be unable to bear

兩天要準備八門的考試，她恐怕吃不消。 [MSC, trad.]
两天要准备八门的考试，她恐怕吃不消。 [MSC, simp.]
Liǎng tiān yào zhǔnbèi bā mén de kǎoshì, tā kǒngpà chībùxiāo. [Pinyin]
She feared she wouldn't be able to handle preparing for eight exams in two days.

Synonyms

禁不住 (jīnbuzhù)
忍不住 (rěnbuzhù)
受不了 (shòubuliǎo)

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