不堪回首

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 turn round; to turn one's head back; to look back to turn round; to turn one's head back; to look back; to recollect
simp. and trad. (不堪回首)		不堪	回首

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùkānhuíshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ham¹ wui⁴ sau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùkānhuíshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄢㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukanhweishoou
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰän⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ ham¹ wui⁴ sau²
  - Yale: bāt hām wùih sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ham¹ wui⁴ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ hem¹ wui⁴ seo²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɐm⁵⁵ wuːy̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

不堪回首

cannot bear to look back on; to find it unbearable to recall

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