苦功

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment
trad. (苦功)		苦	功
simp. #(苦功)		苦	功

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² gung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-kang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔgong
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-kung¹
    • Yale: kǔ-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuugong
    • Palladius: кугун (kugun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² gung¹
    • Yale: fú gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-kang
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofkafng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kaŋ³³/

Noun

苦功

1. hard work; painstaking effort