忍不住

忍不住

Chinese

		to bear; to endure; to tolerate	incessantly; without end; nonstop
trad. (忍不住)		忍	不住
simp. #(忍不住)		忍	不住

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rěnbùzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² bat¹ zyu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rěnbùzhù [Phonetic: rěnbúzhù] → rěnbuzhù (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨˋ → ㄖㄣˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄨˋ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rěnbůjhù
    • Wade–Giles: jên³-pu⁵-chu⁴
    • Yale: rěn-bu-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reenbujuh
    • Palladius: жэньбучжу (žɛnʹbučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/ → /ʐən²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan² bat¹ zyu⁶
    • Yale: yán bāt jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan² bat⁷ dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen² bed¹ ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡ʃyː²²/

Verb

忍不住

1. to be unable to bear
2. to be unable to help (from doing something)

Synonyms

• (to be unable to bear):

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受不了 (shòubùliǎo) 受不得 (shòubude) 吃不消 (chībùxiāo) 忍唔住 (Cantonese) 禁不住 (jīnbuzhù)

擱不住／搁不住 (gébuzhù) 食𣍐焦／食𫧃焦 (Min Nan) 𣍐堪／𫧃堪 (Min Nan) 𣍐堪得／𫧃堪得 (Min Nan)

• (to be unable to help from doing something): 禁不住 (jīnbuzhù)

Antonyms

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受得了 (shòudeliǎo) 堪得 (Min Nan)

會堪得／会堪得 (Min Nan)