苦水

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	water; river
trad. (苦水)		苦	水
simp. #(苦水)		苦	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² seoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fú-súi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔshuǐ [Phonetic: kúshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-shui³
    • Yale: kǔ-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuushoei
    • Palladius: кушуй (kušuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² seoi²
    • Yale: fú séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fú-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu` sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu³ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /fu³¹ su̯i³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/

Noun

苦水

1. hard, bitter water
2. gastric secretion; bitter vomitus
3. (figurative) bitterness; grievances; misery

Synonyms

• (bitterness):

• 痛楚 (tòngchǔ)
• 痛苦 (tòngkǔ)
• 苦楚 (kǔchǔ)
• 苦處／苦处 (kǔchù)
• 苦難／苦难 (kǔnàn)
• 隱痛／隐痛 (yǐntòng)

 

Derived terms

• 吐苦水