不堪 meaning in English

bùkān

cannot bear; cannot stand

HSK 7-9verbadjective16 strokes

Meaning of 不堪

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bùkān
  1. cannot bear
  2. cannot stand
  3. utterly
  4. extremely

不堪 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

萨sà米mǐ这zhè段duàn不bù堪kān入rù目mù的de婚hūn外wài情qíng毁huǐ了le他tā的de婚hūn姻yīn。
Sami's sordid love affair destroyed his marriage.
她tā的de衣yī服fú破pò旧jiù不bù堪kān。
Her clothes are worn out.
我wǒ们men还hái是shì脆cuì弱ruò不bù堪kān。
We're still vulnerable.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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堪 kān · to endure · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 不堪.

对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
不对bùduìincorrect; wrong
不客气bù kèqìyou're welcome; don't mention it
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
不过bùguòonly; merely
不错bùcuòcorrect; right
不行bùxíngwon't do; be out of the question
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
不好意思bù hǎoyìsito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing

Questions about 不堪

What does 不堪 mean?

不堪 (bùkān) means "cannot bear; cannot stand" and is used as a verb and adjective.

How do you write 不堪?

不堪 is made of 2 characters: 不 (4 strokes), 堪 (12 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 不堪 an HSK word?

Yes. 不堪 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.