搜索枯腸

Chinese

		to search; to look for
trad. (搜索枯腸)		搜索	枯腸
simp. (搜索枯肠)		搜索	枯肠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sōusuǒkūcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄡ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄎㄨ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² saak³ fu¹ coeng⁴ / sau² sok³ fu¹ coeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōusuǒkūcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄎㄨ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sousuǒkucháng
    • Wade–Giles: sou¹-so³-kʻu¹-chʻang²
    • Yale: sōu-swǒ-kū-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sousuookucharng
    • Palladius: соусокучан (sousokučan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² saak³ fu¹ coeng⁴ / sau² sok³ fu¹ coeng⁴
    • Yale: sáu saak fū chèuhng / sáu sok fū chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² saak⁸ fu¹ tsoeng⁴ / sau² sok⁸ fu¹ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² sag³ fu¹ cêng⁴ / seo² sog³ fu¹ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ saːk̚³ fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/, /sɐu̯³⁵ sɔːk̚³ fuː⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

搜索枯腸

1. to rack one's brain; to think extremely hard