叫苦

Chinese

		to call; to yell; to be called to call; to yell; to be called; to order	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (叫苦)		叫	苦
simp. #(叫苦)		叫	苦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàokǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄎㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu³ fu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiò-khó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàokǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄎㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàokǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴-kʻu³
    • Yale: jyàu-kǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawkuu
    • Palladius: цзяоку (czjaoku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: giu³ fu²
    • Yale: giu fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu³ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu³ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯³³ fuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiò-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kiò-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kioirqor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kio²¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kio²¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kio¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰɔ⁴¹/

Verb

叫苦

1. to complain of hardship or suffering; to moan and groan

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 嗝 (ke̍eh)

Derived terms

• 叫苦不迭 (jiàokǔbùdié)
• 叫苦連天 / 叫苦连天 (jiàokǔliántiān)
• 裝窮叫苦 / 装穷叫苦