Chinese Word Entry

叫苦不迭
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄎㄨˇ ㄅㄨ˙ ㄉㄧㄝˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): jiào kǔ bu dié
Cantonese (Jyutping): giu3 fu2 bat1 dit6
Definitions:
  1. to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly

  2. incessant grievances


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Chinese characters used in this word

shout, exclaim, yell, cry, hail, greet, call
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ (jiào)
Cantonese: giu3
Japanese: キョウ (kyou) / さけ.ぶ (sakebu)
Korean: 규 (gyu)
Vietnamese: khiếu
Variants
Semantic variant form:

suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl, bitter
Readings
Mandarin: ㄎㄨˇ (kǔ), ㄍㄨˇ (gǔ), ㄏㄨˋ (hù)
Cantonese: fu2
Japanese: ク (ku) / くる.しい (kurushii)、 -ぐる.しい (-gurushii)、 くる.しむ (kurushimu)、 くる.しめる (kurushimeru)、 にが.い (nigai)、 にが.る (nigaru)
Korean: 고 (go)
Vietnamese: khổ

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy, no, not, un-, negative prefix
Readings
Mandarin: ㄅㄨˋ (bù), ㄅㄨˊ (bú), ㄈㄡˇ (fǒu), ㄈㄡ (fōu), ㄈㄨ (fū)
Cantonese: bat1
Japanese: フ (fu)、 ブ (bu)、 フツ (futsu)、 ヒ (hi) / せず (sezu)、 にあらず (niarazu)、 いなや (inaya)
Korean: 부 (bu), 불 (bul)
Vietnamese: bất, phầu, phủ, phi

transfer, alternation, repeatedly, frequently
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ (dié), ㄧˋ (yì), ㄉㄚˊ (dá)
Cantonese: dit6
Japanese: テツ (tetsu)、 イツ (itsu) / かわる (kawaru)、 かたみに (katamini)
Korean: 질 (jil)
Vietnamese: điệt, dật