不可勝數

See also: 不可胜数

Chinese

		cannot; should not; must not	victorious; able to do; competent enough to	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (不可勝數)		不可	勝	數
simp. (不可胜数)		不可	胜	数
Literally: “can not exhaustively count”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùkěshèngshǔ, bùkěshēngshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄨˇ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄥ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ho² sing¹ sou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùkěshèngshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄥˋ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùkěshèngshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻo³-shêng⁴-shu³
    • Yale: bù-kě-shèng-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukeeshenqshuu
    • Palladius: букэшэншу (bukɛšɛnšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland, non-standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùkěshēngshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄥ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùkěshengshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻo³-shêng¹-shu³
    • Yale: bù-kě-shēng-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukeeshengshuu
    • Palladius: букэшэншу (bukɛšɛnšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ho² sing¹ sou²
    • Yale: bāt hó sīng sóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ho² sing¹ sou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ho² xing¹ sou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ sou̯³⁵/

Idiom

不可勝數

1. too numerous to count

Synonyms

• 不可勝計／不可胜计 (bùkěshèngjì)
• 數不勝數／数不胜数 (shǔbùshèngshǔ)