哭笑不得

Chinese

	to cry and laugh	must not; should not; not be allowed must not; should not; not be allowed; to not receive
trad. (哭笑不得)	哭笑	不得
simp. ^#(哭笑不得)	哭笑	不得
Literally: “to not know whether to laugh or to cry”.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kūxiàobùdé
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kusiàobùdé
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-hsiao⁴-pu⁴-tê²
  - Yale: kū-syàu-bù-dé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kushiawbuder
  - Palladius: кусяобудэ (kusjaobudɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: huk¹ siu³ bat¹ dak¹
  - Yale: hūk siu bāt dāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: huk⁷ siu³ bat⁷ dak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: hug¹ xiu³ bed¹ deg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊk̚⁵ siːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kao³ cio³ bug⁴ dig⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khàu tshiò puk tik
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰio²¹³⁻⁵⁵ puk̚²⁻⁴ tik̚²/

哭笑不得

to feel confounded, mildly dumbfounded, or slightly flabbergasted in a polite sense, usually toward a familiar person in an awkward situation

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