苦力
Chinese edit
bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful |
power; force; strength | ||
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trad. (苦力) | 苦 | 力 | |
simp. #(苦力) | 苦 | 力 |
Etymology edit
Possibly a phono-semantic matching of Hindi क़ुली (qulī) or its cognates.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
苦力
Synonyms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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苦 | 力 |
くー Grade: 3 |
りー Grade: 1 |
irregular |
Etymology edit
Ateji (当て字).
Borrowed from Mandarin 苦力 (kǔlì).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a coolie
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN