勞苦

See also: 劳苦

Chinese

		toil	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (勞苦)		勞	苦
simp. (劳苦)		劳	苦

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láokǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄎㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ fu²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lò-khú
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô͘-khó͘ / lô-khó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láokǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄎㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láokǔ
  - Wade–Giles: lao²-kʻu³
  - Yale: láu-kǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laukuu
  - Palladius: лаоку (laoku)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁴ fu²
  - Yale: lòuh fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ fuː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lò-khú
  - Hakka Romanization System: loˇ ku`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo² ku³
  - Sinological IPA: /lo¹¹ kʰu³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘-khó͘
  - Tâi-lô: lôo-khóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lo'qor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-khó͘
  - Tâi-lô: lô-khóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loi'qor
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ kʰɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/

Noun

勞苦

toil; hard work; suffering

Synonyms

艱苦／艰苦 (jiānkǔ)
辛苦 (xīnkǔ)
辛勞／辛劳 (xīnláo)

Derived terms

不辭勞苦／不辞劳苦 (bùcíláokǔ)
勞苦功高／劳苦功高 (láokǔgōnggāo)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láokǔ, làokǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄎㄨˇ, ㄌㄠˋ ㄎㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶ fu², lou⁴ fu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láokǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄎㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láokǔ
  - Wade–Giles: lao²-kʻu³
  - Yale: láu-kǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laukuu
  - Palladius: лаоку (laoku)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: làokǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ ㄎㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: làokǔ
  - Wade–Giles: lao⁴-kʻu³
  - Yale: làu-kǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lawkuu
  - Palladius: лаоку (laoku)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁶ fu², lou⁴ fu²
  - Yale: louh fú, lòuh fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ fu², lou⁴ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ fu², lou⁴ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²² fuː³⁵/, /lou̯²¹ fuː³⁵/

Verb

勞苦

(literary) to express recognition for someone's service or achievement

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