苦毒

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	poison; narcotics
trad. (苦毒)		苦	毒
simp. #(苦毒)		苦	毒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔdú

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² duk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khú-thu̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-to̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔdú
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔdú
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-tu²
    • Yale: kǔ-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuudwu
    • Palladius: куду (kudu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² duk⁶
    • Yale: fú duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ tʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khú-thu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: ku^ˋ tug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ku³ tug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu³¹ tʰuk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-to̍k
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-to̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofdok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔk̚⁴/

Noun

苦毒

1. (literary) pain; suffering

Verb

苦毒

1. (literary) to abhor; to detest
2. (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to mistreat; to abuse

Synonyms

• (to mistreat): 虐待 (nüèdài)