苦工

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
trad. (苦工)		苦	工
simp. #(苦工)		苦	工
anagram		工苦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² gong¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khú-kûng

  (Hailu, HRS): ku^ˊ gung^ˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔgong
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-kung¹
    • Yale: kǔ-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuugong
    • Palladius: кугун (kugun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² gong¹
    • Yale: fú gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khú-kûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ku^ˋ gung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ku³ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu³¹ kuŋ²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ku^ˊ gung^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu²⁴⁻³³ kuŋ⁵³/

Noun

苦工

1. hard or manual work; sweated labor; fag
2. coolie; person doing hard or manual work