勤苦

Chinese

		diligent; frequent	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (勤苦)		勤	苦
simp. #(勤苦)		勤	苦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qínkǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄎㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kan⁴ fu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khûn-khó͘ / khîn-khó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qínkǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄎㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cínkǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin²-kʻu³
    • Yale: chín-kǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chynkuu
    • Palladius: циньку (cinʹku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kan⁴ fu²
    • Yale: kàhn fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kan⁴ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ken⁴ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐn²¹ fuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khûn-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: khûn-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qunqor
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîn-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: khîn-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qinqor
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin¹³⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin²³⁻³³ kʰɔ⁴¹/

Adjective

勤苦

1. hardworking; assiduous

Synonyms

• 勤儉／勤俭 (qínjiǎn)