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苦楚

苦楚

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	distinct; clear; orderly distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; ancient place name; (a surname)
simp. and trad. (苦楚)		苦	楚

Noun

苦楚

suffering; pain; misery; sorrow

少少苦楚等於激勵，等於苦海翻細浪。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]

少少苦楚等于激励，等于苦海翻细浪。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

From: 羅文 (Roman Tam), 前程錦繡

Siu² siu²fu² co² dang² jyu¹ gik¹ lai⁶, dang² jyu¹ fu² hoi² faan¹ sai³ long⁶. [Jyutping]

A little bit of pain is just encouragement, is just a small wave in a sea of bitterness.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kǔchǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄔㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² co²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khú-chhú
Min Nan (POJ): khó͘-chhó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kǔchǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄔㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuuchuu
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² co²
  - Yale: fú chó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² tso²
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khú-chhú
  - Hakka Romanization System: ku` cu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ku³ cu³
  - IPA: /kʰu³¹ t͡sʰu³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-chhó͘
  - Tâi-lô: khóo-tshóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofzhor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴¹/