欲罷不能

Chinese

		desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	(final part.); to stop; cease (final part.); to stop; cease; dismiss; suspend; to quit; to finish	cannot; must not; should not cannot; must not; should not; to be unable to; to fail to
trad. (欲罷不能)		欲	罷	不能
simp. (欲罢不能)		欲	罢	不能

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùbàbùnéng

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄅㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ baa⁶ bat¹ nang⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io̍k-pā-put-lêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùbàbùnéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄅㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùbàbùnéng
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-pa⁴-pu⁴-nêng²
  - Yale: yù-bà-bù-néng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhbahbuneng
  - Palladius: юйбабунэн (jujbabunɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ pä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ baa⁶ bat¹ nang⁴
  - Yale: yuhk bah bāt nàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ baa⁶ bat⁷ nang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ ba⁶ bed¹ neng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² paː²² pɐt̚⁵ nɐŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍k-pā-put-lêng
  - Tâi-lô: io̍k-pā-put-lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iogpaxputleeng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚⁴⁻³² pa²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/

Idiom

欲罷不能

to be unable to stop doing something despite wanting to