Chinese symbol for “unbearable”
受不了
shòu bù liǎo
unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unbearable is 受不了 (shòu bù liǎo), defined as: unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “unbearable”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 够呛 (夠嗆) | gòu qiàng | unbearable; terrible |
| 难以忍受 (難以忍受) | nán yǐ rěn shòu | hard to endure; unbearable |
| 不堪忍受 | bù kān rěn shòu | unbearable |
| 要西了 | yào xī le | (coll.) unbearable (Shanghainese) |
| 伤不起 (傷不起) | shāng bù qǐ | (slang) it's just the pits!; so unfair! |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 受不了.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce |
| 受到 | shòu dào | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | to sense; perception |
| 享受 | xiǎng shòu | to enjoy; to live it up |
| 受伤 (受傷) | shòu shāng | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc) |
| 受害者 | shòu hài zhě | casualty; victim |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 为了 (為了) | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unbearable”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.