苦口

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (苦口)		苦	口
simp. #(苦口)		苦	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² hau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-kháu / khó͘-khió

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔkǒu [Phonetic: kúkǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-kʻou³
    • Yale: kǔ-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuukoou
    • Palladius: кукоу (kukou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu² hau²
    • Yale: fú háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 苦口 虎口

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofqao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-khió
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-khió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofqioir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰio⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

苦口

1. to be bitter to the taste
2. (figurative) to admonish earnestly

Derived terms

• 毒藥苦口／毒药苦口
• 毒藥苦口利於病／毒药苦口利于病
• 良藥苦口／良药苦口 (liángyàokǔkǒu)
• 良藥苦口利於病／良药苦口利于病
• 良藥苦口，忠言逆耳／良药苦口，忠言逆耳
• 苦口婆心 (kǔkǒupóxīn)