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不堪 bùkān

不堪 bùkān Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 不堪 bùkān .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bùkān | bu4 kan1
English translation
cannot bear
cannot stand
utterly
extremely

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Traditional form

不堪 bùkān

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 不堪 bùkān

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

4
kān

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

土甚

Number of Strokes

12

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Example sentences using 不堪 bùkān

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一群小个子黄种 huáng zhǒng rén ,穿 chuān de shì 破烂不堪 de 绿军装 jūn zhuāng , dūn zài 车上, Chéng le tuán .

In the trucks little yellow men in shabby greenish uniforms were squatting, jammed close together.

那些 nà xiē 动物 dòngwù 体重 tǐ zhòng 明显 míngxiǎn 下降 xià jiàng , shòu duō le , 简直 jiǎnzhí shì 憔悴 qiáo cuì 不堪 bùkān .

The animals had lost weight noticeably, becoming lean, almost emaciated.

zhè Lóu 破败 pò bài 不堪 bùkān .

The building is now a ruin.

zhàn 一整天的确 díquè huì 人累疲惫不堪.

Standing on your feet all day really fags you out.

下午 xiàwǔ 五点市中心 shì zhōng xīn de 街道 jiēdào jiù Chéng le 拥挤不堪 yōng jǐ bù kān 的窄.

At five o'clock in the afternoon the city streets are a series of bottlenecks.

不堪 bùkān Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 不堪 bùkān and their own compounds.

不堪 bùkān Compounds

See all 54 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 不堪 bùkān in their composition.

    • fǒu
      • , , , , , ,
      • pēi , pēi , , , , pēi , , , piě , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Huán , huài , bēi , 怀 Huái , Huán , wāi , nāo , béng , , , , piān , pēi , póu , fóu , , , , , biáo , , bēi , , , , , ,
  • kān
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