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堪

kān
verb #5,413

Meanings

  1. 1 can; able to bear
  2. 2 worthy of
  3. 3 endure

Examples

这种痛苦难以堪忍。
Zhè zhǒng tòngkǔ nányǐ kānrěn.
This kind of suffering is hard to bear.
不堪一击。
Bùkān yī jī.
Cannot withstand a single blow.

Tips

usage
堪 is literary and mainly appears in fixed compounds: 不堪 (bùkān, cannot bear; unbearable), 堪称 (kānchēng, can be called/worthy of being called), 难堪 (nánkān, embarrassing). Rarely used standalone in modern speech.

Stroke Order

堪 kān