埋頭苦幹

Chinese

		to blame; bury	head; (noun suffix)	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	main part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang)
trad. (埋頭苦幹)		埋	頭	苦	幹
simp. (埋头苦干)		埋	头	苦	干

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máitóukǔgàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁴ tau⁴ fu² gon³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mâi-thâu-khó͘-kàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máitóukǔgàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máitóukǔgàn
    • Wade–Giles: mai²-tʻou²-kʻu³-kan⁴
    • Yale: mái-tóu-kǔ-gàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maitourkuugann
    • Palladius: майтоукугань (majtoukuganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ kän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁴ tau⁴ fu² gon³
    • Yale: màaih tàuh fú gon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁴ tau⁴ fu² gon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁴ teo⁴ fu² gon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ fuː³⁵ kɔːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâi-thâu-khó͘-kàn
    • Tâi-lô: mâi-thâu-khóo-kàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mai'tau'qofkaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mãi²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãi¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãi²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi²³⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kan²¹/

Idiom

埋頭苦幹

1. bury oneself in work