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挖苦

挖苦

Chinese

		to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
simp. and trad. (挖苦)		挖	苦

Noun

挖苦

mocking

Verb

挖苦

to mock, to ridicule

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wākǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄚㄎㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹ fu², waat³ fu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wākǔ → wāku (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚㄎㄨˇ → ㄨㄚㄎㄨ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua.kuu
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /u̯a̠⁵⁵ kʰu²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa¹ fu², waat³ fu²
  - Yale: wā fú, waat fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹ fu², waat⁸ fu²
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑː⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/, /wɑːt̚³ fuː³⁵/