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苦水

苦水

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	water; river
simp. and trad. (苦水)		苦	水

Noun

苦水

hard, bitter water
gastric secretion; bitter vomitus
(figuratively) bitterness; grievances; misery

Derived terms

吐苦水

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kǔshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² seoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fú-súi
Min Nan (POJ): khó͘-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kǔshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuushoei
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² seoi²
  - Yale: fú séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² soey²
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fú-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu` sui`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu³ sui³
  - IPA: /fu³¹ su̯i³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: khóo-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/