不能自拔

Chinese

		cannot; must not; should not cannot; must not; should not; to be unable to; to fail to	to free oneself; to extricate oneself
trad. (不能自拔)		不能	自拔
simp. #(不能自拔)		不能	自拔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùnéngzìbá

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄗˋ ㄅㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ nang⁴ zi⁶ bat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùnéngzìbá
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄗˋ ㄅㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùnéngzìhbá
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-nêng²-tzŭ⁴-pa²
    • Yale: bù-néng-dz̀-bá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bunengtzyhbar
    • Palladius: бунэнцзыба (bunɛnczyba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ pä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ nang⁴ zi⁶ bat⁶
    • Yale: bāt nàhng jih baht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ nang⁴ dzi⁶ bat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ neng⁴ ji⁶ bed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ nɐŋ²¹ t͡siː²² pɐt̚²/

Idiom

不能自拔

1. to be in an inextricable situation; to be unable to stop