苦杏仁

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (苦杏仁)		苦	杏仁
simp. #(苦杏仁)		苦	杏仁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔxìngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² hang⁶ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔxìngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔsìngrén
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-hsing⁴-jên²
    • Yale: kǔ-syìng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuushinqren
    • Palladius: кусинжэнь (kusinžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² hang⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: fú hahng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² hang⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² heng⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ hɐŋ²² jɐn²¹/

Noun

苦杏仁

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) bitter apricot kernel (the dried mature seed of Prunus sibirica, Prunus mandshurica or Prunus armeniaca)