苦口

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Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (苦口)		苦	口
simp. ^#(苦口)		苦	口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǔkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² hau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-kháu / khó͘-khió

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǔkǒu [Phonetic: kúkǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǔkǒu
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu³-kʻou³
  - Yale: kǔ-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuukoou
  - Palladius: кукоу (kukou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fu² hau²
  - Yale: fú háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    苦口
    虎口
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-kháu
  - Tâi-lô: khóo-kháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofqao
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-khió
  - Tâi-lô: khóo-khió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofqioir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰio⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

苦口

to be bitter to the taste
(figurative) to admonish earnestly

Derived terms

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