惶惶不可終日

Chinese

		agitated; anxious; uneasy agitated; anxious; uneasy; terrified; upset	unable to carry on even for a single day; in a desperate situation
trad. (惶惶不可終日)		惶惶	不可終日
simp. (惶惶不可终日)		惶惶	不可终日

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huánghuángbùkězhōngrì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ wong⁴ bat¹ ho² zung¹ jat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huánghuángbùkězhōngrì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄖˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huánghuángbùkějhongrìh
  - Wade–Giles: huang²-huang²-pu⁴-kʻo³-chung¹-jih⁴
  - Yale: hwáng-hwáng-bù-kě-jūng-r̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanghwangbukeejongryh
  - Palladius: хуанхуанбукэчжунжи (xuanxuanbukɛčžunži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵⁻⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁴ wong⁴ bat¹ ho² zung¹ jat⁶
  - Yale: wòhng wòhng bāt hó jūng yaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ wong⁴ bat⁷ ho² dzung¹ jat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ wong⁴ bed¹ ho² zung¹ yed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚²/

Idiom

惶惶不可終日

to be extremely anxious; to be extremely terrified

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