困苦

Chinese

		distress; sleepy; doze off	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (困苦)		困	苦
simp. ^#(困苦)		困	苦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kùnkǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄎㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan³ fu²
Min Nan (POJ): khùn-khó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kùnkǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄎㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuennkuu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kùnkǔ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰwən⁵¹ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwan³ fu²
  - Yale: kwan fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwan³ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuen³ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn³³ fuː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khùn-khó͘
  - Tâi-lô: khùn-khóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: quonqor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰɔ⁴¹/

Adjective

困苦

tortuous; harrowing; miserable

Noun

困苦

hardship; suffering; ordeal

Derived terms

艱難困苦／艰难困苦 (jiānnánkùnkǔ)

顛連困苦／颠连困苦

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (困苦):

→ Japanese: 困苦 (こんく) (konku)
→ Korean: 곤고 (困苦, gon-go)
→ Vietnamese: khốn khổ (困苦)

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