急不可待

Chinese

		hurried; worried	cannot; should not; must not	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
trad. (急不可待)		急	不可	待
simp. #(急不可待)		急	不可	待

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíbùkědài

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gap¹ bat¹ ho² doi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíbùkědài
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíbùkědài
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-pu⁴-kʻo³-tai⁴
    • Yale: jí-bù-kě-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyibukeeday
    • Palladius: цзибукэдай (czibukɛdaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gap¹ bat¹ ho² doi⁶
    • Yale: gāp bāt hó doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gap⁷ bat⁷ ho² doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: geb¹ bed¹ ho² doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐp̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ tɔːi̯²²/

Idiom

急不可待

1. to be too impatient to wait