哀苦

Chinese

		sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (哀苦)		哀	苦
simp. #(哀苦)		哀	苦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āikǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄎㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ fu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ai-khó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āikǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄎㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aikǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-kʻu³
    • Yale: āi-kǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aikuu
    • Palladius: айку (ajku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi¹ fu²
    • Yale: ōi fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi¹ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: ai-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ai'qor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ai⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³ kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔ⁴¹/

Verb

哀苦

1. to have grief or sorrow; to be in distress or dejected