苦口婆心

Chinese

		to be bitter to the taste; to admonish earnestly	kind-heartedness; kindness
trad. (苦口婆心)		苦口	婆心
simp. #(苦口婆心)		苦口	婆心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔkǒupóxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄆㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² hau² po⁴ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-kháu-pô-sim / khó͘-khó͘-pô-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔkǒupóxīn [Phonetic: kúkǒupóxīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄆㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔkǒupósin
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-kʻou³-pʻo²-hsin¹
    • Yale: kǔ-kǒu-pwó-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuukoouporshin
    • Palladius: кукоупосинь (kukouposinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² hau² po⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: fú háu pòh sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² hau² po⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² heo² po⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ pʰɔː²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-kháu-pô-sim
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-kháu-pô-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofqaw'poisym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-khó͘-pô-sim
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-khóo-pô-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofqofpoisym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/

Idiom

苦口婆心

1. to persuade earnestly and patiently