堪 (ham1) — endure; sustain; bear; stand in Cantonese
hamˉ¹堪Mandarin Pinyin: kan1
Meaning of 堪
nounendure; sustain; bear; stand
nounmay; can; capable of; fit for
Example Sentences with 堪
keoiˏ₅佢caamˊ²慘batˉ¹不kamˉ¹堪
He is utterly miserable.
cou˗₃嘈dou˗₃到batˉ¹不kamˉ¹堪
It's incredibly noisy.
cauˊ²醜dou˗₃到batˉ¹不kamˉ¹堪
It's hideously ugly.
jitˍ₆熱batˉ¹不kamˉ¹堪
It's unbearably hot.
leoiˍ₆累batˉ¹不kamˉ¹堪
I'm extremely tired.
Words Containing 堪
不堪回首bat1 ham1 wui4 sau2
find it unbearable to recall
不堪入目bat1 ham1 jap6 muk6
unsightly; being an eyesore; unseemly; obscene; outrageous
堪培拉ham1 pui4 laai1
Canberra (capital of Australia)
不堪忍受bat1 ham1 jan2 sau6
unbearable
痛苦不堪tung3 fu2 bat1 ham1
痛苦不已
苦不堪言fu2 bat1 ham1 jin4
suffer indescribable misery
不堪bat1 ham1
cannot bear; unbearably; cannot stand; "have had it up to here"
後果堪虞hau6 gwo2 ham1 jyu4
worrying consequences [written and colloquial]
不堪一擊bat1 ham1 jat1 gik1
unable to bear a single blow
不堪造就bat1 ham1 zou6 zau6
be unpromising
難堪naan4 ham1
hard to endure; embarrassing
往事不堪回首wong5 si6 bat1 ham1 wui4 sau2
find it unbearable to recall events (memories) of the past
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