正苦
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year |
bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful | ||
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trad. (正苦) | 正 | 苦 | |
simp. #(正苦) | 正 | 苦 | |
Literally: “suffering now”. |
Etymology
[edit]Pun on 政府 (zing3 fu2).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zing3 fu2
- Yale: jing fú
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzing3 fu2
- Guangdong Romanization: jing3 fu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ fuː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]正苦
- (Hong Kong, slang, humorous or sarcastic) government, especially the HKSAR government