苦口
Chinese
[edit]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
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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:
苦口
虎口
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- 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/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Verb
[edit]苦口
- to be bitter to the taste
- (figurative) to admonish earnestly