苦處

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with
trad. (苦處)		苦	處
simp. (苦处)		苦	处

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔchù

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄔㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² cyu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘--chhìr / khó͘--chhù / khó͘-chhì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔchù → kǔchu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄔㄨˋ → ㄎㄨˇ ˙ㄔㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔchů
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-chʻu⁵
    • Yale: kǔ-chu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuu.chuh
    • Palladius: кучу (kuču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/ → /kʰu²¹⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² cyu³
    • Yale: fú chyu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² tsy³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² qu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ t͡sʰyː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘--chhìr
    • Tâi-lô: khóo--tshìr
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘--chhù
    • Tâi-lô: khóo--tshù
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-chhì
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-tshì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofchix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰi²¹/

Noun

苦處

1. suffering; hardship; difficulty

Synonyms

• 痛楚 (tòngchǔ)
• 痛苦 (tòngkǔ)
• 苦楚 (kǔchǔ)
• 苦水 (kǔshuǐ) (figurative)
• 苦難／苦难 (kǔnàn)
• 隱痛／隐痛 (yǐntòng)