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 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
叫 | 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: | 呌 |
苦 | 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 |
不 | 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 |
迭 | 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 |