不可企及

Chinese

		cannot; should not; must not	to hope to reach; to strive for
trad. (不可企及)		不可	企及
simp. #(不可企及)		不可	企及

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùkě qǐjí, bùkě qìjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧˊ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ho² kei⁵ kap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùkě qǐjí [Phonetic: bùkéqǐjí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùkě cǐjí
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻo³ chʻi³-chi²
    • Yale: bù-kě chǐ-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukee chiijyi
    • Palladius: букэ цицзи (bukɛ ciczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùkě qìjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùkě cìjí
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻo³ chʻi⁴-chi²
    • Yale: bù-kě chì-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukee chihjyi
    • Palladius: букэ цицзи (bukɛ ciczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ho² kei⁵ kap⁶
    • Yale: bāt hó kéih kahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ho² kei⁵ kap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ho² kéi⁵ keb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ kʰei̯¹³ kʰɐp̚²/

Idiom

不可企及

1. too far to reach; unattainable