預苦期

Chinese

		to advance; in advance; beforehand to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	a period of time; phase; stage a period of time; phase; stage; (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study); time; term; period; to hope
trad. (預苦期)		預	苦	期
simp. (预苦期)		预	苦	期

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yùkǔqī, Yùkǔqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄎㄨˇ ㄑㄧ, ㄩˋ ㄎㄨˇ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶ fu² kei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yùkǔqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄎㄨˇ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yùkǔci
    • Wade–Giles: Yü⁴-kʻu³-chʻi¹
    • Yale: Yù-kǔ-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuhkuuchi
    • Palladius: Юйкуци (Jujkuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yùkǔqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄎㄨˇ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yùkǔcí
    • Wade–Giles: Yü⁴-kʻu³-chʻi²
    • Yale: Yù-kǔ-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuhkuuchyi
    • Palladius: Юйкуци (Jujkuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁶ fu² kei⁴
    • Yale: yuh fú kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶ fu² kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶ fu² kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²² fuː³⁵ kʰei̯²¹/

Proper noun

預苦期

1. (Protestantism) Lent

Synonyms

Terms for Lent in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	大齋期, 預苦期
Roman Catholic	四旬期
Eastern Orthodox	大齋期, 大齋, 四旬齋期, 四旬大齋期