苦衷

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	inner feelings
trad. (苦衷)		苦	衷
simp. #(苦衷)		苦	衷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² cung¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-thiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kou² cong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔjhong
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-chung¹
    • Yale: kǔ-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuujong
    • Palladius: кучжун (kučžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² cung¹
    • Yale: fú chūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² tsung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² cung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-thiong
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-thiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoftiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kou² cong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khóu tshong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰou⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰoŋ³³/

Noun

苦衷

1. troubles or grief that one finds difficult or too embarrassed to bring up

Synonyms

• 心事 (xīnshì)
• 心曲 (xīnqū) (literary)
• 心結／心结 (xīnjié)
• 衷曲 (zhōngqū) (literary)
• 隱衷／隐衷 (yǐnzhōng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (苦衷):

• → Japanese: 苦(く)衷(ちゅう) (kuchū)
• → Korean: 고충(苦衷) (gochung)