Chinese

Noun

苦力

1. labor; hard work
2. a coolie; a laborer

Japanese

Etymology

Ateji (当て字).
Borrowing from Mandarin 苦力 ‎(kǔlì).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) ク​ーリー [kúꜜùrìì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [kɯᵝːɾiː]

Noun

苦力 ‎(katakana クーリー, romaji kūrī)

1. a coolie

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3