慘不忍睹

See also: 惨不忍睹

Chinese

		miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic	cannot bear to	observe; see
trad. (慘不忍睹)		慘	不忍	睹
simp. (惨不忍睹)		惨	不忍	睹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎnbùrěndǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˇ ㄉㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caam² bat¹ jan² dou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhám-put-lím-tó͘ / chhám-put-jím-tó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎnbùrěndǔ [Phonetic: cǎnbùréndǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˇ ㄉㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎnbùrěndǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻan³-pu⁴-jên³-tu³
  - Yale: tsǎn-bù-rěn-dǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaanbureenduu
  - Palladius: цаньбужэньду (canʹbužɛnʹdu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʐən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caam² bat¹ jan² dou²
  - Yale: cháam bāt yán dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam² bat⁷ jan² dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cam² bed¹ yen² dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jɐn³⁵ tou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhám-put-lím-tó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshám-put-lím-tóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhafmputlymdor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ lim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhám-put-jím-tó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshám-put-jím-tóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhafmputjymdor
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ zim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔ⁴¹/

Idiom

慘不忍睹

(of people or situations) to be too horrible to look at
車禍現場，血肉橫飛，令人慘不忍睹。 [MSC, trad.]
车祸现场，血肉横飞，令人惨不忍睹。 [MSC, simp.]
Chēhuò xiànchǎng, xuèròuhéngfēi, lìngrén cǎnbùrěndǔ. [Pinyin]
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References

“慘不忍睹”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.