辛辛苦苦

Chinese

		8th heavenly stem; tired	8th heavenly stem; tired	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (辛辛苦苦)		辛	辛	苦	苦
simp. #(辛辛苦苦)		辛	辛	苦	苦
AABB-type reduplication of 辛苦 (xīnkǔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnxīnkǔkǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ san¹ fu² fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnxīnkǔkǔ [Phonetic: xīnxīnkúkǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsinkǔkǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-hsin¹-kʻu³-kʻu³
    • Yale: syīn-syīn-kǔ-kǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshinkuukuu
    • Palladius: синьсинькуку (sinʹsinʹkuku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ san¹ fu² fu²
    • Yale: sān sān fú fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ san¹ fu² fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ sen¹ fu² fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ fuː³⁵ fuː³⁵/

Adjective

辛辛苦苦

1. laborious; hard; miserable; exhausting