put-khó-su-gī

Min Nan

trad.	不可思議
simpl.	不可思议

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ put˥˥kʰo˥˥su˧˧ɡi˧˧ ]

Etymology

Literally: cannot ponder the significance of

Idiom

put-khó-su-gī (POJ, traditional 不可思議, simplified 不可思议)

mysterious; unimaginable; incomprehensible
- 無仝 ê新聞台，竟然 lóng 報導差不多仝款 ê 新聞內容，che 有影是不可思議ê 現象。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
  无仝 ê新闻台，竟然 lóng 报导差不多仝款 ê 新闻内容，che 有影是不可思议ê 现象。 [Taiwanese, simp.]
  From: 2005, anon., M̄-nā 無路用, 更加是阻礙!! (blog rant about poor news coverage: Not only is it not useful, it is a hindrance!)
  Bô-kâng ê sin-bûn-tâi, kéng-jiân lóng pò-tō chha-put-to kâng-khóan ê sin-bûn lāi-iông, che ū-iáⁿ sī put-khó-su-gī ê hiān-siōng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Even different news stations all still report almost the same news content. This really is an incomprehensible phenomenon.

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