"苦口" meaning in Chinese

See 苦口 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰio⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/, /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/, /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰio⁵⁵⁴/ Chinese transliterations: kǔkǒu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], fu² hau² [Cantonese, Jyutping], khó͘-kháu, khó͘-khió, kǔkǒu [Phonetic:kúkǒu] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], kǔkǒu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kʻu³-kʻou³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], kǔ-kǒu [Mandarin, Yale], kuukoou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], кукоу [Mandarin, Palladius], kukou [Mandarin, Palladius], fu² hau² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], fú háu [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], fu² hau² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], fu² heo² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], khó͘-kháu [Hokkien, POJ], khóo-kháu [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qofqao [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khó͘-khió [Hokkien, POJ], khóo-khió [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qofqioir [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 苦口
  1. to be bitter to the taste
    Sense id: en-苦口-zh-verb-hTyXgcD2
  2. (figurative) to admonish earnestly Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-苦口-zh-verb-EgVu9fa4 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 毒藥苦口, 毒药苦口, 毒藥苦口利於病, 毒药苦口利于病, 良藥苦口 (liángyàokǔkǒu), 良药苦口 (liángyàokǔkǒu), 良藥苦口利於病, 良药苦口利于病, 良藥苦口,忠言逆耳, 良药苦口,忠言逆耳, 苦口婆心 (kǔkǒupóxīn)

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      "word": "毒药苦口利于病"
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      "roman": "liángyàokǔkǒu",
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      "word": "良药苦口"
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      "word": "良藥苦口利於病"
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      "word": "良藥苦口,忠言逆耳"
    },
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      "word": "良药苦口,忠言逆耳"
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      "roman": "kǔkǒupóxīn",
      "word": "苦口婆心"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "to be bitter to the taste"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to admonish earnestly"
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          "earnestly"
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        "(figurative) to admonish earnestly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǔkǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² hau²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khó͘-kháu"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khó͘-khió"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǔkǒu [Phonetic:kúkǒu]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǔkǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻu³-kʻou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǔ-kǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuukoou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кукоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kukou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² hau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fú háu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² hau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² heo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó͘-kháu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khóo-kháu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qofqao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó͘-khió"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khóo-khió"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qofqioir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰio⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: kúkǒu]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰio⁵⁵⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "苦口"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "毒藥苦口"
    },
    {
      "word": "毒药苦口"
    },
    {
      "word": "毒藥苦口利於病"
    },
    {
      "word": "毒药苦口利于病"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liángyàokǔkǒu",
      "word": "良藥苦口"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liángyàokǔkǒu",
      "word": "良药苦口"
    },
    {
      "word": "良藥苦口利於病"
    },
    {
      "word": "良药苦口利于病"
    },
    {
      "word": "良藥苦口,忠言逆耳"
    },
    {
      "word": "良药苦口,忠言逆耳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kǔkǒupóxīn",
      "word": "苦口婆心"
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be bitter to the taste"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bitter",
          "bitter"
        ],
        [
          "taste",
          "taste"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to admonish earnestly"
      ],
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        [
          "admonish",
          "admonish"
        ],
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          "earnestly",
          "earnestly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to admonish earnestly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǔkǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² hau²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khó͘-kháu"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khó͘-khió"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǔkǒu [Phonetic:kúkǒu]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǔkǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻu³-kʻou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǔ-kǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuukoou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кукоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kukou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² hau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fú háu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² hau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² heo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó͘-kháu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khóo-kháu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qofqao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khó͘-khió"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khóo-khió"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qofqioir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰio⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: kúkǒu]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰio⁵⁵⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "苦口"
}

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