勞苦

See also: 劳苦

Chinese

		toil	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (勞苦)		勞	苦
simp. (劳苦)		劳	苦

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láokǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄎㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ fu²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lò-khú
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô͘-khó͘ / lô-khó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láokǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄎㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láokǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-kʻu³
    • Yale: láu-kǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laukuu
    • Palladius: лаоку (laoku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ fu²
    • Yale: lòuh fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ fuː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lò-khú
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˇ ku^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo² ku³
    • Sinological IPA: /lo¹¹ kʰu³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: lôo-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lo'qor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: lô-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loi'qor
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ kʰɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/

Noun

勞苦

1. toil; hard work; suffering

Synonyms

• 艱苦／艰苦 (jiānkǔ)
• 辛苦 (xīnkǔ)
• 辛勞／辛劳 (xīnláo)

Derived terms

• 不辭勞苦 / 不辞劳苦 (bùcíláokǔ)
• 勞苦功高 / 劳苦功高 (láokǔgōnggāo)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láokǔ, làokǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄎㄨˇ, ㄌㄠˋ ㄎㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶ fu² / lou⁴ fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láokǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄎㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láokǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-kʻu³
    • Yale: láu-kǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laukuu
    • Palladius: лаоку (laoku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làokǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ ㄎㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làokǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lao⁴-kʻu³
    • Yale: làu-kǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lawkuu
    • Palladius: лаоку (laoku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁶ fu² / lou⁴ fu²
    • Yale: louh fú / lòuh fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ fu² / lou⁴ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ fu² / lou⁴ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²² fuː³⁵/, /lou̯²¹ fuː³⁵/

Verb

勞苦

1. (literary) to express recognition for someone's service or achievement