khổ cực
Pronunciation
Northern
/xo̰˧˩˧ kɨ̰ʔk˨˩/
Central
/kʰo˧˩˨ kɨ̰k˨˨/
Southern
/kʰo˨˩˦ kɨk˨˩˨/
Listen
miserable
Adjective
miserable
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Adjective
miserable
Experiencing a lot of difficulties and hard work in daily life.
vi Ông ấy đã có một tuổi thơ đầy khổ cực trước khi thành công.
en He had a very miserable childhood before becoming successful.
Parts
khổ / cực / 苦極
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Parts
khổ / cực / 苦極
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
苦極
Candidates by syllable
khổ
苦
cực
極
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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khốn khổ / khổ sở / lầm than / khốn đốn …
Use
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Use
khổ hạnh / khổ thân / gian khổ / khổ công …