"酷" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /kʰu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kʰu²¹/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hʊk̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hɵk̚³²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /kʰuk̚⁵/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /kʰʊk̚¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /kʰxuəʔ²/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /kʰu²⁴/ [Jian'ou, Sinological-IPA], /kʰy²⁴/ [Jian'ou, Sinological-IPA], /kouʔ²⁴/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kʰɔk̚³²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /kʰɔk̚⁵/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kʰɔk̚³²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /kʰɔk̚³²/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /kʰɔk̚³²/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰok̚²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kʰu²⁴/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /kʰu⁵¹/, /kʰu²¹/, /hʊk̚²/, /hɵk̚³²/, /kʰuk̚⁵/, /kʰʊk̚¹/, /kʰxuəʔ²/, /kʰu²⁴/, /kʰy²⁴/, /kouʔ²⁴/, /kʰɔk̚³²/, /kʰɔk̚⁵/, /kʰɔk̚³²/, /kʰɔk̚³²/, /kʰɔk̚³²/, /kʰok̚²/, /kʰoʔ⁵⁵/, /kʰu²⁴/ Chinese transliterations: kù [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ku⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄎㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ku² [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], huk⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], huuk⁵ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], khu̍k [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], kug⁵ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], kueh⁴ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], kŭ, kṳ̆, gók, khok [Hokkien, POJ], kog⁴ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁷khoq, ku⁶, kù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄎㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], kù [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kʻu⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], kù [Mandarin, Yale], kuh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ку [Mandarin, Palladius], ku [Mandarin, Palladius], ku [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], huk⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], huhk [Cantonese, Yale], huk⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hug⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], huuk⁵ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], khu̍k [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], kug [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], kug⁶ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], kueh⁴ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], kŭ [Jian'ou, Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized], kṳ̆ [Jian'ou, Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized], gók [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], khok [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qog [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khok [POJ, Teochew], ⁷khoq [Wu], khoh^入 [Wu], ⁴khoq [Wu], /kʰoʔ⁵⁵/ [Wu], ku⁶ [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang], khowk [Middle-Chinese], /*kʰˤuk/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*kʰuːɡ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Original meaning was “cruel”. The sense “cool” is a phono-semantic matching of English cool. Etymology templates: {{psm|zh|en|cool|nocap=1}} phono-semantic matching of English cool Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 酷
  1. (literary, of alcohol) strong; intense Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-酷-zh-character-WW47Tux-
  2. cruel; brutal; savage
    Sense id: en-酷-zh-character-SEPncW6P
  3. extremely; to an extreme degree
    Sense id: en-酷-zh-character-gBtz5Rqw Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 1 13 77 9
  4. (Mandarin, slang) cool; awesome Tags: Mandarin, slang
    Sense id: en-酷-zh-character-3CSMSlDz Categories (other): Mandarin Chinese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: (niú), (qiáng), (qiáng), (jué), (jué)
Derived forms: 冷酷 (lěngkù), 嚴酷 (yánkù), 严酷 (yánkù), 峻酷, 慘酷 (cǎnkù), 惨酷 (cǎnkù), 殘酷 (cánkù), 残酷 (cánkù), 苟弟轉酷, 苟弟转酷, 貪殘酷烈, 贪残酷烈, 貪酷, 贪酷, 酷似 (kùsì), 酷刑 (kùxíng), 酷吏 (kùlì), 酷哥, 酷嗜, 酷好 (kùhào), 酷妹, 酷寒, 酷愛 (kù'ài), 酷爱 (kù'ài), 酷斃 (kùbì), 酷毙 (kùbì), 酷斃了, 酷毙了, 酷暑 (kùshǔ), 酷烈 (kùliè), 酷熱 (kùrè), 酷热 (kùrè), 酷肖, 酷虐, 酷鵬, 酷鹏

Alternative forms

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      "zh-pron": "kù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ku⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ku²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huuk⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khu̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kug⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kueh⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kŭ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kṳ̆"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gók"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kog⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁷khoq"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ku⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ку"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ku"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ku"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huhk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huk⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hug⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hʊk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huuk⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɵk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khu̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kug"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kug⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰʊk̚¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kueh⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰxuəʔ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kŭ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kṳ̆"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰy²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gók"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kouʔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qog"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰok̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁷khoq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khoh^入"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁴khoq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰoʔ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ku⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khowk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰˤuk/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰuːɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hʊk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɵk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuk̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰʊk̚¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰxuəʔ²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰy²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kouʔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰok̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰoʔ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰˤuk/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰuːɡ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "酷"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese phono-semantic matchings from English",
    "Chinese terms derived from English",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min adjectives",
    "Eastern Min adverbs",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Northern Min adjectives",
    "Northern Min adverbs",
    "Northern Min lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "lěngkù",
      "word": "冷酷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yánkù",
      "word": "嚴酷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yánkù",
      "word": "严酷"
    },
    {
      "word": "峻酷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎnkù",
      "word": "慘酷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǎnkù",
      "word": "惨酷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cánkù",
      "word": "殘酷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cánkù",
      "word": "残酷"
    },
    {
      "word": "苟弟轉酷"
    },
    {
      "word": "苟弟转酷"
    },
    {
      "word": "貪殘酷烈"
    },
    {
      "word": "贪残酷烈"
    },
    {
      "word": "貪酷"
    },
    {
      "word": "贪酷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kùsì",
      "word": "酷似"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kùxíng",
      "word": "酷刑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kùlì",
      "word": "酷吏"
    },
    {
      "word": "酷哥"
    },
    {
      "word": "酷嗜"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kùhào",
      "word": "酷好"
    },
    {
      "word": "酷妹"
    },
    {
      "word": "酷寒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kù'ài",
      "word": "酷愛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kù'ài",
      "word": "酷爱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kùbì",
      "word": "酷斃"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kùbì",
      "word": "酷毙"
    },
    {
      "word": "酷斃了"
    },
    {
      "word": "酷毙了"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kùshǔ",
      "word": "酷暑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kùliè",
      "word": "酷烈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kùrè",
      "word": "酷熱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kùrè",
      "word": "酷热"
    },
    {
      "word": "酷肖"
    },
    {
      "word": "酷虐"
    },
    {
      "word": "酷鵬"
    },
    {
      "word": "酷鹏"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "cool",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "phono-semantic matching of English cool",
      "name": "psm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Original meaning was “cruel”. The sense “cool” is a phono-semantic matching of English cool.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "酷",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "niú",
      "word": "牛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiáng",
      "word": "強"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiáng",
      "word": "强"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jué",
      "word": "絕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jué",
      "word": "绝"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strong; intense"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
        [
          "intense",
          "intense"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, of alcohol) strong; intense"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of alcohol"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "cruel",
          "roman": "cánkù",
          "text": "殘酷/残酷",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cruel; brutal; savage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cruel",
          "cruel"
        ],
        [
          "brutal",
          "brutal"
        ],
        [
          "savage",
          "savage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to have a passion for; to ardently love",
          "roman": "kù'ài",
          "text": "酷愛/酷爱",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "extremely; to an extreme degree"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
        ],
        [
          "extreme",
          "extreme"
        ],
        [
          "degree",
          "degree"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese slang",
        "Mandarin Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cool; awesome"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cool",
          "cool"
        ],
        [
          "awesome",
          "awesome"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mandarin, slang) cool; awesome"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ku⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ku²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huuk⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khu̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kug⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kueh⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kŭ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kṳ̆"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gók"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kog⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁷khoq"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ku⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ку"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ku"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ku"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huhk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huk⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hug⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hʊk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huuk⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɵk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khu̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kug"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kug⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰʊk̚¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kueh⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰxuəʔ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kŭ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kṳ̆"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰy²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gók"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kouʔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qog"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰok̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁷khoq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khoh^入"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁴khoq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰoʔ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ku⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khowk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰˤuk/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰuːɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hʊk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɵk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰuk̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰʊk̚¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰxuəʔ²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰy²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kouʔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɔk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰok̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰoʔ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰˤuk/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰuːɡ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "酷"
}

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