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看不得

看不得

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	must not; should not; not be allowed
simp. and trad. (看不得)		看	不得

Verb

看不得

to be unattractive or unpresentable
to be not worth seeing or reading
to be unable to bear seeing

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kànbudé

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ ㄅㄨ˙ ㄉㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ bat¹ dak¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kànbudé → kànbude (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ ㄅㄨ˙ ㄉㄜˊ → ㄎㄢˋ ㄅㄨ˙ ㄉㄜ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kannbu.der
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰa̠n⁵¹ b̥u¹ tɤ³⁵/ → /kʰa̠n⁵¹ b̥u¹ d̥ə¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon³ bat¹ dak¹
  - Yale: hon bāt dāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ bat⁷ dak⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵/