埋頭苦幹

埋頭苦幹

Chinese

		to blame; bury	head; (noun suffix)	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	main part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang)
trad. (埋頭苦幹)		埋	頭	苦	幹
simp. (埋头苦干)		埋	头	苦	干

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máitóukǔgàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁴ tau⁴ fu² gon³
• Min Nan (POJ): mâi-thâu-khó͘-kàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: máitóukǔgàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maitourkuugann
    • IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁴ tau⁴ fu² gon³
    • Yale: màaih tàuh fú gon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁴ tau⁴ fu² gon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁴ teo⁴ fu² gon³
    • IPA ^(key): /mäːi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ fuː³⁵ kɔːn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâi-thâu-khó͘-kàn
    • Tâi-lô: mâi-thâu-khóo-kàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mai'tau'qofkaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mãɪ²⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mãɪ²⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãɪ¹³⁻²² tʰaʊ¹³⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãɪ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰaʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãɪ²³⁻³³ tʰaʊ²³⁻³³ kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kan²¹/

Idiom

埋頭苦幹

1. bury oneself in work