何苦

Chinese

		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (何苦)		何	苦
simp. ^#(何苦)		何	苦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hékǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ fu²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-khú
Min Nan (POJ): hô͘-khó͘ / hô-khó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hékǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄎㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herkuu
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ fu²
  - Yale: hòh fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ fu²
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ fuː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-khú
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ ku`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho² ku³
  - IPA: /ho¹¹ kʰu³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-khó͘
  - Tâi-lô: hôo-khóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ho'qor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-khó͘
  - Tâi-lô: hô-khóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'qor
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ kʰɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/

Adverb

何苦

why bother

Synonyms

何必 (hébì)
何須／何须 (héxū)
(Min Nan) 甲著／甲着, 何得苦, 何得而苦, 何乜苦

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