拿苦來辛

Chinese

		to hold; to seize; to catch to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	to come	8th heavenly stem; tired
trad. (拿苦來辛)		拿	苦	來	辛
simp. (拿苦来辛)		拿	苦	来	辛

Etymology

Calque of Cantonese 攞苦嚟辛／𫽋苦嚟辛.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nákǔláixīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naa⁴ fu² loi⁴ san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nákǔláixīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nákǔláisin
    • Wade–Giles: na²-kʻu³-lai²-hsin¹
    • Yale: ná-kǔ-lái-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nakuulaishin
    • Palladius: накулайсинь (nakulajsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naa⁴ fu² loi⁴ san¹
    • Yale: nàh fú lòih sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁴ fu² loi⁴ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: na⁴ fu² loi⁴ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naː²¹ fuː³⁵ lɔːi̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

拿苦來辛

1. (Hong Kong) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back