"何苦來" meaning in All languages combined

See 何苦來 on Wiktionary

Adverb [Chinese]

IPA: /xɤ³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ho²⁴ kʰu²¹³⁻¹³ lai³⁵/ [Gan, Nanchang, Sinological-IPA], /xɤ³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/, /ho²⁴ kʰu²¹³⁻¹³ lai³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: hékǔlái [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄞˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ho² ku³ lai⁴ [Gan, Wiktionary-specific], hékǔlái [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hékǔlái [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ho²-kʻu³-lai² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hé-kǔ-lái [Mandarin, Yale], herkuulai [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хэкулай [Mandarin, Palladius], xɛkulaj [Mandarin, Palladius], ho² ku³ lai⁴ [Gan, Nanchang, Wiktionary-specific] Forms: 何苦来
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 何苦來
  1. why bother
    Sense id: en-何苦來-zh-adv-MvoAXAUl Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 乜使 [Hokkien], 何乜苦 [Taiwanese-Hokkien], 何得苦 [Hokkien], 何必 (hébì), 何苦 (hékǔ), 何須 (héxū) [literary], 何须 (héxū) [literary], 抑使 [Taiwanese-Hokkien], 抑著 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 敢著 [Hokkien], 敢着 [Hokkien], 煞著 [Hokkien], 甲使 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 甲著 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 甲着 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien]
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "何苦来",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "何苦來",
      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "why bother"
      ],
      "id": "en-何苦來-zh-adv-MvoAXAUl",
      "links": [
        [
          "why",
          "why"
        ],
        [
          "bother",
          "bother"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "乜使"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "何乜苦"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "何得苦"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hébì",
          "word": "何必"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hékǔ",
          "word": "何苦"
        },
        {
          "roman": "héxū",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "何須"
        },
        {
          "roman": "héxū",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "何须"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "抑使"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "抑著"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "敢著"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "敢着"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "煞著"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "甲使"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Xiamen",
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "甲著"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Xiamen",
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "甲着"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hékǔlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² ku³ lai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hékǔlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hékǔlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho²-kʻu³-lai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hé-kǔ-lái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "herkuulai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хэкулай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xɛkulaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² ku³ lai⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴ kʰu²¹³⁻¹³ lai³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴ kʰu²¹³⁻¹³ lai³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "何苦來"
}
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      "form": "何苦来",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Chinese adverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 何",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 來",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 苦",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Gan adverbs",
        "Gan lemmas",
        "Gan terms needing pronunciation attention",
        "Mandarin adverbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "why bother"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "why",
          "why"
        ],
        [
          "bother",
          "bother"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hékǔlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² ku³ lai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hékǔlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hékǔlái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho²-kʻu³-lai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hé-kǔ-lái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "herkuulai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хэкулай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xɛkulaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho² ku³ lai⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴ kʰu²¹³⁻¹³ lai³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɤ³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho²⁴ kʰu²¹³⁻¹³ lai³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "乜使"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "何乜苦"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "何得苦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hébì",
      "word": "何必"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hékǔ",
      "word": "何苦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "héxū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "何須"
    },
    {
      "roman": "héxū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "何须"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "抑使"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "抑著"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "敢著"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "敢着"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "煞著"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "甲使"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "甲著"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "甲着"
    }
  ],
  "word": "何苦來"
}

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