甘苦

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (甘苦)		甘	苦
simp. #(甘苦)		甘	苦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānkǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄎㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ fu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kam-khó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānkǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄎㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gankǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-kʻu³
    • Yale: gān-kǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gankuu
    • Palladius: ганьку (ganʹku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ fu²
    • Yale: gām fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kam-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kamqor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam³³ kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔ⁴¹/

Noun

甘苦

1. sweetness and bitterness
2. (figurative) bittersweetness; ups and downs
3. (figurative) hardship; difficulty

Derived terms

• 不知甘苦

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (甘苦):

• → Japanese: 甘(かん)苦(く) (kanku)
• → Korean: 감고(甘苦) (gamgo)
• → Vietnamese: cam khổ (甘苦)

See also

• 同甘共苦 (tónggāngòngkǔ)