叫苦

叫苦

Chinese

		to call; to yell; to be called to call; to yell; to be called; to order	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (叫苦)		叫	苦
simp. #(叫苦)		叫	苦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàokǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄎㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu³ fu²
• Min Nan (POJ): kiò-khó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiàokǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄎㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawkuu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàokǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɑʊ̯⁵¹ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: giu³ fu²
    • Yale: giu fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu³ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu³ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯³³ fuː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiò-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kiò-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kioirqor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kio²¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kio²¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kio¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰɔ⁴¹/

Verb

叫苦

1. to complain of hardship or suffering; to moan and groan

Derived terms

叫苦不迭 (jiàokǔbùdié) 叫苦連天／叫苦连天 (jiàokǔ liántiān)

裝窮叫苦／装穷叫苦