慘不忍睹

慘不忍睹

See also: 惨不忍睹

Chinese

		miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic	cannot bear to	observe; see
trad. (慘不忍睹)		慘	不忍	睹
simp. (惨不忍睹)		惨	不忍	睹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎnbùrěndǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˇ ㄉㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam² bat¹ jan² dou²
• Min Nan (POJ): chhám-put-jím-tó͘ / chhám-put-lím-tó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cǎnbùrěndǔ [Phonetic: cǎnbùréndǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˇ ㄉㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaanbureenduu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ ʐən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam² bat¹ jan² dou²
    • Yale: cháam bāt yán dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam² bat⁷ jan² dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam² bed¹ yen² dou²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːm³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jɐn³⁵ tou̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhám-put-jím-tó͘ / chhám-put-lím-tó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshám-put-jím-tóo / tshám-put-lím-tóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafmputjymdor, zhafmputlymdor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ d͡ʑim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁵³/, /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ d͡ʑim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔ⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡sʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ʑim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁵³/, /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁵ lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ d͡ʑim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁵³/, /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ ʑim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁴¹/, /t͡sʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ lim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁴¹/

Idiom

慘不忍睹

1. (of people or situations) to be too horrible to look at