矻矻
Chinese
| to toil | to toil | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (矻矻) |
矻 | 矻 | |
| alternative forms | kuku Internet | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kūkū
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ ㄎㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kuku
- Wade–Giles: kʻu1-kʻu1
- Yale: kū-kū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuku
- Palladius: куку (kuku)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu⁵⁵ kʰu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kùkù
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ ㄎㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kùkù
- Wade–Giles: kʻu4-kʻu4
- Yale: kù-kù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuhkuh
- Palladius: куку (kuku)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
Adjective
矻矻
- (literary or dialectal Mandarin) assiduous; industrious
- 孜孜矻矻 ― zīzīkūkū ― diligently
- 矻矻楦 [Northeastern Mandarin] ― kūkū xuàn [Pinyin] ― binge-eating
- 故工人之用鈍器也，勞筋苦骨，終日矻矻。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Gù gōngrén zhī yòng dùnqì yě, láojīnkǔgǔ, zhōngrì kūkū. [Pinyin]
- Therefore, workers using blunt tools exhaust their muscles and bones, and toil all day long.
故工人之用钝器也，劳筋苦骨，终日矻矻。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Derived terms
- 孜孜矻矻 (zīzīkūkū)