活受罪

Chinese

		simply	to endure hardship; to suffer; to have a hard time to endure hardship; to suffer; to have a hard time; to meet with something unpleasant
trad. (活受罪)		活	受罪
simp. #(活受罪)		活	受罪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huóshòuzuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄡˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ sau⁶ zeoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huóshòuzuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄡˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huóshòuzuèi
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-shou⁴-tsui⁴
    • Yale: hwó-shòu-dzwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwoshowtzuey
    • Palladius: хошоуцзуй (xošouczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wut⁶ sau⁶ zeoi⁶
    • Yale: wuht sauh jeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ sau⁶ dzoey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ seo⁶ zêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² sɐu̯²² t͡sɵy̯²²/

Verb

活受罪

1. (idiomatic) to suffer a living hell; to go through sheer hell (usually in exaggerations to express reluctance or intolerability)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 活歹命