慘苦

Chinese

		miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (慘苦)		慘	苦
simp. (惨苦)		惨	苦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎnkǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ ㄎㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam² fu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhám-khó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎnkǔ [Phonetic: cánkǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄎㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎnkǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan³-kʻu³
    • Yale: tsǎn-kǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaankuu
    • Palladius: цаньку (canʹku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam² fu²
    • Yale: cháam fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam² fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam² fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm³⁵ fuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhám-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshám-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafmqor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰɔ⁵³/

Adjective

慘苦

1. very sad; mournful; miserable (of life, fate, facial expression, etc.)