苦幹

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	main part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang)
trad. (苦幹)		苦	幹
simp. (苦干)		苦	干

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔgàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² gon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔgàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔgàn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-kan⁴
    • Yale: kǔ-gàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuugann
    • Palladius: кугань (kuganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ kän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² gon³
    • Yale: fú gon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² gon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² gon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ kɔːn³³/

Verb

苦幹

1. to work hard; to toil; to grind away

Synonyms

• 辛苦 (xīnkǔ)