惶惶不可終日

Chinese

		agitated; anxious; uneasy agitated; anxious; uneasy; terrified; upset	unable to carry on even for a single day; in a desperate situation
trad. (惶惶不可終日)		惶惶	不可終日
simp. (惶惶不可终日)		惶惶	不可终日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huánghuángbùkězhōngrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ wong⁴ bat¹ ho² zung¹ jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huánghuángbùkězhōngrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huánghuángbùkějhongrìh
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-huang²-pu⁴-kʻo³-chung¹-jih⁴
    • Yale: hwáng-hwáng-bù-kě-jūng-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanghwangbukeejongryh
    • Palladius: хуанхуанбукэчжунжи (xuanxuanbukɛčžunži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ wong⁴ bat¹ ho² zung¹ jat⁶
    • Yale: wòhng wòhng bāt hó jūng yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ wong⁴ bat⁷ ho² dzung¹ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ wong⁴ bed¹ ho² zung¹ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚²/

Idiom

惶惶不可終日

1. to be extremely anxious; to be extremely terrified