苦水

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	water; river
trad. (苦水)		苦	水
simp. ^#(苦水)		苦	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǔshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² seoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fú-súi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǔshuǐ [Phonetic: kúshuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǔshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu³-shui³
  - Yale: kǔ-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuushoei
  - Palladius: кушуй (kušuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² seoi²
  - Yale: fú séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fú-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˋ sui^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu³ sui³
  - Sinological IPA: /fu³¹ su̯i³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: khóo-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/

Noun

苦水

hard, bitter water
gastric secretion; bitter vomitus
(figurative) bitterness; grievances; misery

Synonyms

(bitterness):

痛楚 (tòngchǔ)
痛苦 (tòngkǔ)
苦楚 (kǔchǔ)
苦處 / 苦处 (kǔchù)
苦難 / 苦难 (kǔnàn)
隱痛 / 隐痛 (yǐntòng)

Derived terms

吐苦水