苦口苦面
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful |
mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils) | bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful |
face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top | ||
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trad. (苦口苦面) | 苦 | 口 | 苦 | 面 | |
simp. #(苦口苦面) | 苦 | 口 | 苦 | 面 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fu2 hau2 fu2 min6
- Yale: fú háu fú mihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: fu2 hau2 fu2 min6
- Guangdong Romanization: fu2 heo2 fu2 min6
- Sinological IPA (key): /fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ fuː³⁵ miːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]苦口苦面
- (Cantonese) to be sour-faced