想不開

See also: 想不开

Chinese

		to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	not; no	open; operate (vehicle); start
trad. (想不開)		想	不	開
simp. (想不开)		想	不	开

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎngbùkāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng² bat¹ hoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎngbùkāi → xiǎngbukāi (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄞ → ㄒㄧㄤˇ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄎㄞ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎngbůkai
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang³-pu⁵-kʻai¹
    • Yale: syǎng-bu-kāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheangbukai
    • Palladius: сянбукай (sjanbukaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/ → /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴ b̥u⁴ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng² bat¹ hoi¹
    • Yale: séung bāt hōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng² bat⁷ hoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng² bed¹ hoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

想不開

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 想開 / 想开 (xiǎngkāi),‎ 不: cannot get over
2. (euphemistic) to commit suicide

Antonyms

• 想得開／想得开 (xiǎngdekāi)