不可終日

Chinese

		cannot; should not; must not	the whole day; all day long; all the time
trad. (不可終日)		不可	終日
simp. (不可终日)		不可	终日
Literally: “unable to carry on even for a single day”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùkě-zhōngrì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ho² zung¹ jat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùkě-zhōngrì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄖˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùkějhongrìh
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻo³-chung¹-jih⁴
  - Yale: bù-kě-jūng-r̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukeejongryh
  - Palladius: букэчжунжи (bukɛčžunži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ ho² zung¹ jat⁶
  - Yale: bāt hó jūng yaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ho² dzung¹ jat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ho² zung¹ yed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚²/

Idiom

不可終日

(figurative) in a desperate situation
(figurative) very frightened; very anxious
人心惶惶，不可終日 [MSC, trad.]
人心惶惶，不可终日 [MSC, simp.]
rénxīnhuánghuáng, bùkězhōngrì [Pinyin]
people were so anxious that they felt they couldn't live for a single day

Derived terms

惶惶不可終日／惶惶不可终日 (huánghuángbùkězhōngrì)

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