百思不解

Chinese

		hundred	to think; to consider	not; no	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
trad. (百思不解)		百	思	不	解
simp. ^#(百思不解)		百	思	不	解
Literally: “still puzzled after pondering a hundred times”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎisībùjiě

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄙㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ si¹ bat¹ gaai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎisībùjiě
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄙㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎisihbùjiě
  - Wade–Giles: pai³-ssŭ¹-pu⁴-chieh³
  - Yale: bǎi-sz̄-bù-jyě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baesybujiee
  - Palladius: байсыбуцзе (bajsybucze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ si¹ bat¹ gaai²
  - Yale: baak sī bāt gáai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ si¹ bat⁷ gaai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³ xi¹ bed¹ gai²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kaːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

百思不解

incomprehensible; perplexed still despite much thought

Synonyms

百思不得其解 (bǎisībùdéqíjiě)

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