Usage of the character 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

kānyú

堪虞

[堪虞]

worrisome
precarious
to be at risk

kānyōu

堪忧

[堪憂]

worrying
bleak

kānyú

堪舆

[堪輿]

geomancy

bùkān

不堪

[不堪]

cannot bear
cannot stand
utterly
extremely

kěkān

可堪

[可堪]

how can one endure?
to be able to endure

kānchēng

堪称

[堪稱]

can be rated as
can be said to be

kānbǐ

堪比

[堪比]

to be comparable to

Kānpéilā

堪培拉

[堪培拉]

Canberra, capital of Australia

Kānchájiā

堪察加

[堪察加]

Kamchatka (peninsula in far eastern Russia)

Kānsàsī

堪萨斯

[堪薩斯]

Kansas, US state

bùkānrùmù

不堪入目

[不堪入目]

unbearable to look at
an eyesore

bùkānshèxiǎng

不堪设想

[不堪設想]

too horrible to contemplate
unthinkable
inconceivable

bùkānyījī

不堪一击

[不堪一擊]

to be 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)

pòbàibùkān

破败不堪

[破敗不堪]

crushed
utterly defeated

kǔbùkānyán

苦不堪言

[苦不堪言]

to suffer unspeakable misery
indescribably painful
hellish

bùkānrěnshòu

不堪忍受

[不堪忍受]

unbearable

língluànbùkān

凌乱不堪

[凌亂不堪]

in a terrible mess (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

yōngjǐbùkān

拥挤不堪

[擁擠不堪]

overcrowded
jam-packed

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)

méntínglěngluò,ménkānluóquè

门庭冷落，门堪罗雀

[門庭冷落，門堪羅雀]

The courtyard is deserted, you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted