操勞

See also: 操劳

Chinese edit

		to hold; to drill; to exercise to hold; to drill; to exercise; to act; to do; to take in hand; to keep; to manage	toil
trad. (操勞)		操	勞
simp. (操劳)		操	劳

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cāoláo

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠㄌㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cou¹ lou⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhâu-lò
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhau-lô͘ / chhau-lô / chho͘-lô͘ / chho-lô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cāoláo
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠㄌㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: caoláo
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao¹-lao²
  - Yale: tsāu-láu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaulau
  - Palladius: цаолао (caolao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cou¹ lou⁴
  - Yale: chōu lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsou¹ lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cou¹ lou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâu-lò
  - Hakka Romanization System: cau´ loˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cau¹ lo²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau̯²⁴ lo¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhau-lô͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshau-lôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhauloo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau³³ lɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhau-lô
  - Tâi-lô: tshau-lô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaulooi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁴⁴⁻²² lo¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-lô͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshoo-lôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zholoo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³ lɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho-lô
  - Tâi-lô: tsho-lô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoilooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴⁴⁻²² lo¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/

Verb edit

操勞

to work hard
前半生操勞，後半生享福。 [MSC, trad.]
前半生操劳，后半生享福。 [MSC, simp.]
Qiánbànshēng cāoláo, hòubànshēng xiǎngfú. [Pinyin]
Work hard in the first half of your life and enjoy yourself in the second half.
to take care (of a matter); to look after something

Synonyms edit

(to work hard): (Hokkien) 磨碌