何苦來

Chinese

		why bother	to come
trad. (何苦來)		何苦	來
simp. (何苦来)		何苦	来

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hékǔlái

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄞˊ
Gan (Wiktionary): ho² ku³ lai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hékǔlái
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hékǔlái
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-kʻu³-lai²
  - Yale: hé-kǔ-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herkuulai
  - Palladius: хэкулай (xɛkulaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ho² ku³ lai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho²⁴ kʰu²¹³⁻¹³ lai³⁵/

Adverb

何苦來

why bother

Synonyms

乜使 (Hokkien)
何乜苦 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
何得苦 (Hokkien)
何必 (hébì)
何苦 (hékǔ)
何須／何须 (héxū) (literary)
抑使 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
抑著 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
敢著／敢着 (Hokkien)
煞著 (Hokkien)
甲使 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
甲著／甲着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

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