慘無人道

Chinese

		miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic	not have	humanity; humanitarianism; human sympathy humanity; humanitarianism; human sympathy; ethics; morality; way of living
trad. (慘無人道)		慘	無	人道
simp. (惨无人道)		惨	无	人道

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎnwúréndào

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ ㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caam² mou⁴ jan⁴ dou⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): chāng-ù-ìng-dô̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhám-bû-lîn-tō / chhám-bû-jîn-tō

(Teochew, Peng'im): cam² bho⁵ nang⁵ dao⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎnwúréndào
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎnwúréndào
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻan³-wu²-jên²-tao⁴
  - Yale: tsǎn-wú-rén-dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaanwurendaw
  - Palladius: цаньужэньдао (canʹužɛnʹdao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʐən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caam² mou⁴ jan⁴ dou⁶
  - Yale: cháam mòuh yàhn douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam² mou⁴ jan⁴ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cam² mou⁴ yen⁴ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm³⁵ mou̯²¹ jɐn²¹ tou̯²²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chāng-ù-ìng-dô̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋu⁵³⁽⁻²¹⁾ iŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t-)nɔ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhám-bû-lîn-tō
  - Tâi-lô: tshám-bû-lîn-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhafmbulindoi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴⁻²² to²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhám-bû-jîn-tō
  - Tâi-lô: tshám-bû-jîn-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhafmbujindoi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bu²³⁻³³ zin²³⁻³³ tɤ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cam² bho⁵ nang⁵ dao⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshám bô nâng tău
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰam⁵²⁻³⁵ bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tau³⁵/

Idiom

慘無人道

brutal and inhuman
- 1939 April 11, 南洋商報 [Nanyang Siang Pau], page 22:
  cambhonangdao dui nangai dangbao dai dousua
  慘無人道對咱個同胞大屠殺 [Teochew, trad.]
  惨无人道对咱个同胞大屠杀 [Teochew, simp.]
  cam² bho⁵ nang⁵ dao⁶ dui³ nang² gai⁵ dang⁵ bao¹ dai⁶ dou⁵ suah⁴ [Peng'im]
  ... brutally slaughtering our comrades

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 無天無良／无天无良, 無天良／无天良