無可救藥

See also: 无可救药

Chinese

		not have	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to save; to assist; to rescue	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (無可救藥)		無	可	救	藥
simp. (无可救药)		无	可	救	药
alternative forms		無藥可救／无药可救
Literally: “there is no medicine that can save”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúkějiùyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ho² gau³ joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúkějiùyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúkějiòuyào
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-kʻo³-chiu⁴-yao⁴
    • Yale: wú-kě-jyòu-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wukeejiowyaw
    • Palladius: укэцзюяо (ukɛczjujao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ ho² gau³ joek⁶
    • Yale: mòuh hó gau yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ ho² gau³ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ho² geo³ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ hɔː³⁵ kɐu̯³³ jœːk̚²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 無可救藥

1. utterly hopeless; unable to be saved (helped); beyond the point of help