徒勞

Chinese

		apprentice; disciple	toil
trad. (徒勞)		徒	勞
simp. (徒劳)		徒	劳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): túláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ lou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tô͘-lô͘ / tô͘-lô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: túláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: túláo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²-lao²
    • Yale: tú-láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twulau
    • Palladius: тулао (tulao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ lou⁴
    • Yale: tòuh lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ lou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tôo-lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doloo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-lô
    • Tâi-lô: tôo-lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dolooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³⁻²² lo¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/

Verb

徒勞

1. to make a futile effort; to work fruitlessly

Derived terms

• 徒勞無功／徒劳无功 (túláowúgōng)

 

See also

• 竹籃打水／竹篮打水 (zhúlándǎshuǐ)