正苦

正苦

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (正苦)		正	苦
simp. #(正苦)		正	苦
Literally: “suffering now”.

Etymology

Pun on 政府 (zing3 fu2).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ fu²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ fu²
    • Yale: jing fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ fuː³⁵/

Noun

正苦

1. (Hong Kong, slang, humorous or sarcastic) government, especially the HKSAR government