嚴苛

Chinese

		(air or water) tight; stern; serious (air or water) tight; stern; serious; strict; severe	severe; exacting
trad. (嚴苛)		嚴	苛
simp. (严苛)		严	苛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánkē

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ ho¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): giâm-kho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánkē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánke
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-kʻo¹
    • Yale: yán-kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanke
    • Palladius: янькэ (janʹkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁴ ho¹
    • Yale: yìhm hō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ ho¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴ ho¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ hɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâm-kho
    • Tâi-lô: giâm-kho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giamqoy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiam²⁴⁻²² kʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiam²⁴⁻²² kʰo³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiam¹³⁻²² kʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiam²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiam²³⁻³³ kʰɤ⁴⁴/

Adjective

嚴苛

1. strict and harsh