困苦

困苦

Chinese

		distress; sleepy; doze off	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (困苦)		困	苦
simp. #(困苦)		困	苦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kùnkǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄎㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan³ fu²
• Min Nan (POJ): khùn-khó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kùnkǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄎㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuennkuu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùnkǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰwən⁵¹ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan³ fu²
    • Yale: kwan fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan³ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen³ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn³³ fuː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khùn-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: khùn-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quonqor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰɔ⁴¹/

Adjective

困苦

1. tortuous; harrowing; miserable

Noun

困苦

1. hardship; suffering; ordeal

Derived terms

艱難困苦／艰难困苦 (jiānnánkùnkǔ)

顛連困苦／颠连困苦

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (困苦):

• → Japanese: 困苦 (こんく) (konku)
• → Korean: 곤고 (困苦, gon-go)
• → Vietnamese: khốn khổ (困苦)