苦果

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	fruit; result
trad. (苦果)		苦	果
simp. #(苦果)		苦	果

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² gwo²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fú-kó / khú-kó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-kó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔguǒ [Phonetic: kúguǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔguǒ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-kuo³
    • Yale: kǔ-gwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuuguoo
    • Palladius: куго (kugo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² gwo²
    • Yale: fú gwó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² gwo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² guo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ kʷɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fú-kó / khú-kó
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu` go` / ku` go`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu³ go³ / ku³ go³
    • Sinological IPA: /fu³¹ ko³¹/, /kʰu³¹ ko³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-kó
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofkoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ko⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴¹/

Noun

苦果

1. (figurative) bad result; painful consequence; failure; pill to swallow

Synonyms

• 敗果／败果 (bàiguǒ)