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何苦

何苦

Chinese

		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
simp. and trad. (何苦)		何	苦

Adverb

何苦

why bother

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hékǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ fu²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-khú
Min Nan (POJ): hô-khó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: hékǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herkuu
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ fu²
  - Yale: hòh fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ fu²
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ fuː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-khú
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ ku`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho² ku³
  - IPA: /ho¹¹ kʰu³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-khó͘
  - Tâi-lô: hô-khóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'qor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɤ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɤ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɤ¹³⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ kʰɔ⁴¹/