活受罪

Chinese

		simply	to endure hardship; to suffer; to have a hard time to endure hardship; to suffer; to have a hard time; to meet with something unpleasant
trad. (活受罪)		活	受罪
simp. ^#(活受罪)		活	受罪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huóshòuzuì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄡˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ sau⁶ zeoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huóshòuzuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄡˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huóshòuzuèi
  - Wade–Giles: huo²-shou⁴-tsui⁴
  - Yale: hwó-shòu-dzwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwoshowtzuey
  - Palladius: хошоуцзуй (xošouczuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wut⁶ sau⁶ zeoi⁶
  - Yale: wuht sauh jeuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ sau⁶ dzoey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ seo⁶ zêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² sɐu̯²² t͡sɵy̯²²/

Verb

活受罪

(idiomatic) to suffer a living hell; to go through sheer hell (usually in exaggerations to express reluctance or intolerability)

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 活歹命

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