防不勝防

See also: 防不胜防

Chinese

		to protect; to defend; to guard (against)	to not win; to lose; to be not up to to not win; to lose; to be not up to; to be unable to bear	to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
trad. (防不勝防)		防	不勝	防
simp. (防不胜防)		防	不胜	防

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fángbùshèngfáng, fángbùshēngfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ, ㄈㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ bat¹ sing¹ fong⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hông-put-sèng-hông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁵ bug⁴ sêng³ huang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fángbùshèngfáng [Phonetic: fángbúshèngfáng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fángbùshèngfáng
    • Wade–Giles: fang²-pu⁴-shêng⁴-fang²
    • Yale: fáng-bù-shèng-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngbushenqfarng
    • Palladius: фанбушэнфан (fanbušɛnfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fángbùshēngfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fángbùshengfáng
    • Wade–Giles: fang²-pu⁴-shêng¹-fang²
    • Yale: fáng-bù-shēng-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngbushengfarng
    • Palladius: фанбушэнфан (fanbušɛnfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong⁴ bat¹ sing¹ fong⁴
    • Yale: fòhng bāt sīng fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ bat⁷ sing¹ fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ bed¹ xing¹ fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-put-sèng-hông
    • Tâi-lô: hông-put-sìng-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongputseanghoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang⁵ bug⁴ sêng³ huang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng puk sèng huâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ huaŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

防不勝防

1. the utmost care could not prevent it from happening; to be impossible to defend effectively