心力交瘁

Chinese

		mental effort; heart strength or efficiency
simp. and trad. (心力交瘁)		心力	交瘁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnlìjiāocuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄘㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ lik⁶ gaau¹ seoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-le̍k-kau-chhùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnlìjiāocuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinlìjiaocuèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-li⁴-chiao¹-tsʻui⁴
    • Yale: syīn-lì-jyāu-tswèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinlihjiautsuey
    • Palladius: синьлицзяоцуй (sinʹliczjaocuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ lik⁶ gaau¹ seoi⁶
    • Yale: sām lihk gāau seuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ lik⁹ gaau¹ soey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ lig⁶ gao¹ sêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ lɪk̚² kaːu̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-le̍k-kau-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: sim-li̍k-kau-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simlegkauzhuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴⁻³² kau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ liɪk̚²⁴⁻² kau³³ t͡sʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴⁻³² kau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴⁻³² kau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui²¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 心力交瘁

1. to be mentally and physically exhausted