苦工

苦工

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
trad. (苦工)		苦	工
simp. #(苦工)		苦	工

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kǔgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuugong
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² gong¹
    • Yale: fú gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² gong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

苦工

1. hard or manual work; sweated labor; fag
2. coolie; person doing hard or manual work