Usage of the character 堪
kān
堪
[堪]
- (bound form) may; can
- (bound form) to endure; to bear
- (in 堪輿／堪舆 (kānyú)) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿／舆 (yú))
nánkān
难堪
[難堪]
- hard to take
- embarrassed
bùkān
不堪
[不堪]
- cannot bear
- cannot stand
- utterly
- extremely
kānyú
堪虞
[堪虞]
- worrisome
- precarious
- to be at risk
kěkān
可堪
[可堪]
- how can one endure?
- to be able to endure
kānyōu
堪忧
[堪憂]
- worrying
- bleak
kānchēng
堪称
[堪稱]
- can be rated as
- can be said to be
kānbǐ
堪比
[堪比]
- to be comparable to
kānyú
堪舆
[堪輿]
- geomancy
Kānsàsī
堪萨斯
[堪薩斯]
- Kansas, US state
Kānpéilā
堪培拉
[堪培拉]
- Canberra, capital of Australia
Kānchájiā
堪察加
[堪察加]
- Kamchatka (peninsula in far eastern Russia)
bùkānrùmù
不堪入目
[不堪入目]
- unbearable to look at
- an eyesore
língluànbùkān
凌乱不堪
[凌亂不堪]
- in a terrible mess (idiom)
bùkānshèxiǎng
不堪设想
[不堪設想]
- too horrible to contemplate
- unthinkable
- inconceivable
yōngjǐbùkān
拥挤不堪
[擁擠不堪]
- overcrowded
- jam-packed
bùkānyījī
不堪一击
[不堪一擊]
- (idiom) unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow
qínghéyǐkān
情何以堪
[情何以堪]
- how can this be endured! (idiom)
lángbèibùkān
狼狈不堪
[狼狽不堪]
- battered and exhausted
- stuck in a dilemma
píbèibùkān
疲惫不堪
[疲憊不堪]
- exhausted
- fatigued to the extreme
pòbàibùkān
破败不堪
[破敗不堪]
- crushed
- utterly defeated
bùkānrěnshòu
不堪忍受
[不堪忍受]
- unbearable
kǔbùkānyán
苦不堪言
[苦不堪言]
- to suffer unspeakable misery
- indescribably painful
- hellish
Kānsàsīzhōu
堪萨斯州
[堪薩斯州]
- Kansas, US state
Kānchájiā Bàndǎo
堪察加半岛
[堪察加半島]
- Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia
Kānchájiāliǔyīng
堪察加柳莺
[堪察加柳鶯]
- (bird species of China) Kamchatka leaf warbler (Phylloscopus examinandus)
Sīkāndìnàwéiyà
斯堪的纳维亚
[斯堪的納維亞]
- Scandinavia
Sīkāndìnàwéiyà
斯堪地纳维亚
[斯堪地納維亞]
- Scandinavia (Tw)