苦惱子

Chinese

		annoyed; distressed; ailed annoyed; distressed; ailed; wretched; poor; pitiable	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (苦惱子)		苦惱	子
simp. (苦恼子)		苦恼	子
alternative forms		苦腦子／苦脑子

Pronunciation

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵khu-nau₆-tsy₅ / ³khu-nau₄-tsy₃ / ⁵khou-nau₆-tsy₅

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵khu-nau₆-tsy₅
    • MiniDict: khu^去 nau^去 tsy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khu-nau₃-tsr₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu³³ nɔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/
  • (Northern: Songjiang)
    • Wugniu: ³khu-nau₄-tsy₃
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /kʰu³³ nɔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩³¹/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁵khou-nau₆-tsy₅
    • MiniDict: khou^去 nau^去 tsy^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kʰəu⁵² næ³³ t͡sz̩/

Adjective

苦惱子 (chiefly Northern Wu)

1. wretched; poor; pitiable; miserable

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 可憐 (“pitiful; pitiable; poor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		可憐, 可憐見
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	可憐
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	可憐
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	孽障
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	造孽
	Guiyang	造孽
Cantonese	Hong Kong	陰功, 冇陰功, 可憐
	Dongguan	陰功
Gan	Nanchang	可憐
	Pingxiang	可憐
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	可憐, 衰過
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	可憐, 衰過
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	可憐, 衰過
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	可憐, 衰過
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	可憐, 衰過
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	苦憐
Huizhou	Jixi	造孽, 罪過
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	現世, 悲
Southern Min	Xiamen	可憐代
	Quanzhou	可憐代
	Jinjiang	可憐代
	Zhangzhou	可憐代
	Tainan	可憐代 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	可憐代
	Manila (Hokkien)	可憐代
Wu	Shanghai	罪過
	Hangzhou	罪過
	Ningbo	罪過
	Jinhua	罪過
Xiang	Changsha	造孽
	Loudi	造孽

Noun

苦惱子 (chiefly Northern Wu)

1. pitiable person; poor soul