酷吏

Chinese

		ruthless; strong (as of wine); (slang loan from English) cool, great	minor official
trad. (酷吏)		酷	吏
simp. #(酷吏)		酷	吏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kùlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kùlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùlì
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: kù-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuhlih
    • Palladius: кули (kuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/

Noun

酷吏

1. (literary) cruel official