苦惱

See also: 苦恼

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	get mad
trad. (苦惱)		苦	惱
simp. (苦恼)		苦	恼

Etymology

suffering

Calque of Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkha).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǔnǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄋㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² nou⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khú-náu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-ló / khó͘-náu

(Teochew, Peng'im): kou² nao²
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵khu-nau₆ / ³khu-nau₄ / ³khou-nau₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǔnǎo [Phonetic: kúnǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄋㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǔnǎo
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu³-nao³
  - Yale: kǔ-nǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuunao
  - Palladius: кунао (kunao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² nou⁵
  - Yale: fú nóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² nou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² nou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ nou̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khú-náu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ku^ˋ nau^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ku³ nau³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰu³¹ nau̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-ló
  - Tâi-lô: khóo-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofloir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lo⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-náu
  - Tâi-lô: khóo-náu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofnao
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kou² nao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khóu náu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰou⁵²⁻³⁵ nau⁵²⁻²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵khu-nau₆
  - MiniDict: khu^去 nau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khu-nau₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu³³ nɔ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Songjiang)
  - Wugniu: ³khu-nau₄
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /kʰu³⁵ nɔ³¹/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³khou-nau₆
  - MiniDict: khou^上 nau^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kʰəu⁵² næ¹¹/

Adjective

苦惱

annoyed; distressed; ailed
(Northern Wu) wretched; poor; pitiable

Synonyms

愁苦 (chóukǔ)

Derived terms

丫求苦惱 / 丫求苦恼
丫麻求苦惱 / 丫麻求苦恼
哀求苦惱 / 哀求苦恼
搲求苦惱 / 搲求苦恼
苦惱子 / 苦恼子

Noun

苦惱

(Buddhism) suffering, vexation

Verb

苦惱

to ail; to annoy; to distress