何苦來哉

Chinese

		why bother	(exclamatory or interrog. part.)
trad. (何苦來哉)		何苦來	哉
simp. (何苦来哉)		何苦来	哉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hékǔláizāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄗㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ fu² loi⁴ zoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hékǔláizāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄗㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hékǔláizai
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-kʻu³-lai²-tsai¹
    • Yale: hé-kǔ-lái-dzāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herkuulaitzai
    • Palladius: хэкулайцзай (xɛkulajczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ fu² loi⁴ zoi¹
    • Yale: hòh fú lòih jōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ fu² loi⁴ dzoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ fu² loi⁴ zoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ fuː³⁵ lɔːi̯²¹ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/

Adverb

何苦來哉

1. Augmented form of 何苦 (hékǔ).