劬勞

劬勞

See also: 劬労

Chinese

		labor	toil
trad. (劬勞)		劬	勞
simp. (劬劳)		劬	劳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qúláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˊ ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi⁴ lou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qúláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˊ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyulau
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: keoi⁴ lou⁴
    • Yale: kèuih lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey⁴ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu⁴ lou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯²¹ lou̯²¹/

Adjective

劬勞

1. (literary) tired; exhausted; overworked

   • 雖則劬勞，其究安宅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     虽则劬劳，其究安宅。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Suīzé qúláo, qí jiū ānzhái. [Pinyin]

     Though there was pain and toil,
     In the end we had rest in our dwellings.

   • 惡人一生之日劬勞痛苦 [MSC, trad.]
     恶人一生之日劬劳痛苦 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 約伯記 (Job) 15:20

     Èrén yīshēng zhī rì qúláo tòngkǔ [Pinyin]

     The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days

Derived terms

劬勞顧復／劬劳顾复

生我劬勞／生我劬劳