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堪kān

(bound form) may / can / (bound form) to endure / to bear / (in 堪輿|堪舆[kān yú]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yú])

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难堪nán kān

hard to take / embarrassed

不堪bù kān

cannot bear / cannot stand / utterly / extremely

堪称kān chēng

can be rated as / can be said to be

疲惫不堪pí bèi bù kān

exhausted / fatigued to the extreme

不堪一击bù kān yī jī

(idiom) unable to withstand a single blow / to collapse at the first blow

不堪设想bù kān shè xiǎng

too horrible to contemplate / unthinkable / inconceivable

拥挤不堪yōng jǐ bù kān

overcrowded / jam-packed

堪忧kān yōu

worrying / bleak

堪比kān bǐ

to be comparable to

堪虞kān yú

worrisome / precarious / to be at risk

堪舆kān yú

geomancy

不堪入目bù kān rù mù

unbearable to look at / an eyesore

不堪入耳bù kān rù ěr

(idiom) (of speech, music etc) vulgar / offensive to the ear

不堪忍受bù kān rěn shòu

unbearable

凌乱不堪líng luàn bù kān

in a terrible mess (idiom)

可堪kě kān

how can one endure? / to be able to endure

情何以堪qíng hé yǐ kān

how can this be endured! (idiom)

狼狈不堪láng bèi bù kān

battered and exhausted / stuck in a dilemma

破败不堪pò bài bù kān

crushed / utterly defeated

苦不堪言kǔ bù kān yán

to suffer unspeakable misery / indescribably painful / hellish

斯堪的纳维亚Sī kān dì nà wéi yà

Scandinavia

堪培拉Kān péi lā

Canberra, capital of Australia

堪察加Kān chá jiā

Kamchatka (peninsula in far eastern Russia)

堪察加半岛Kān chá jiā Bàn dǎo

Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia

堪察加柳莺Kān chá jiā liǔ yīng

(bird species of China) Kamchatka leaf warbler (Phylloscopus examinandus)

堪萨斯Kān sà sī

Kansas, US state

堪达罕kān dá hǎn

(dialect) moose (loanword via Manchu)

斯堪地纳维亚Sī kān dì nà wéi yà

Scandinavia (Tw)

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