孤苦伶仃

Chinese

		orphaned and wretched	lonely; lonesome; solitary lonely; lonesome; solitary; alone and helpless; emaciated; scrawny; skin and bones
trad. (孤苦伶仃)		孤苦	伶仃
simp. ^#(孤苦伶仃)		孤苦	伶仃
alternative forms		孤苦零丁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gūkǔlíngdīng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ fu² ling⁴ ding¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gūkǔlíngdīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gukǔlíngding
  - Wade–Giles: ku¹-kʻu³-ling²-ting¹
  - Yale: gū-kǔ-líng-dīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gukuulingding
  - Palladius: гукулиндин (gukulindin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu¹ fu² ling⁴ ding¹
  - Yale: gū fú lìhng dīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ fu² ling⁴ ding¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ fu² ling⁴ ding¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ fuː³⁵ lɪŋ²¹ tɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

孤苦伶仃

solitary and impoverished

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