苦死

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (苦死)		苦	死
simp. #(苦死)		苦	死

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔsǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄙˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-sí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔsǐ [Phonetic: kúsǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄙˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔsǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-ssŭ³
    • Yale: kǔ-sž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuusyy
    • Palladius: кусы (kusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-sí
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofsie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si⁴¹/

Adverb

苦死

1. (literary) painfully; with a lot of difficulty
2. (literary) painstakingly; persistingly; strenuously