破爛不堪

破爛不堪

See also: 破烂不堪

Chinese

		dilapidated; battered; tattered dilapidated; battered; tattered; ragged; useless junk; rubbish; waste	to be unable to; must not; should not to be unable to; must not; should not; to be unable to bear; to be unable to stand
trad. (破爛不堪)		破爛	不堪
simp. (破烂不堪)		破烂	不堪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pòlànbùkān

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄌㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ laan⁶ bat¹ ham¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pòlànbùkān
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄌㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pòlànbùkan
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-lan⁴-pu⁴-kʻan¹
    • Yale: pwò-làn-bù-kān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohlannbukan
    • Palladius: поланьбукань (polanʹbukanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰwɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ län⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: po³ laan⁶ bat¹ ham¹
    • Yale: po laahn bāt hām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po³ laan⁶ bat⁷ ham¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: po³ lan⁶ bed¹ hem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ laːn²² pɐt̚⁵ hɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

破爛不堪

1. so tattered and torn (especially said of clothing) that it is totally unacceptable to present oneself in public in such a state