劬勞

See also: 劬労

Chinese

		labor	toil
trad. (劬勞)		劬	勞
simp. (劬劳)		劬	劳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qúláo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˊ ㄌㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi⁴ lou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qúláo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˊ ㄌㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyulau
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: keoi⁴ lou⁴
  - Yale: kèuih lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: koey⁴ lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kêu⁴ lou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯²¹ lou̯²¹/

Adjective

劬勞

(literary) tired; exhausted; overworked
- 雖則劬勞，其究安宅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  虽则劬劳，其究安宅。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Suīzé qúláo, qí jiū ānzhái. [Pinyin]
  Though there was pain and toil,
  In the end we had rest in our dwellings.
- 惡人一生之日劬勞痛苦 [MSC, trad.]
  恶人一生之日劬劳痛苦 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 約伯記 (Job) 15:20
  Èrén yīshēng zhī rì qúláo tòngkǔ [Pinyin]
  The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days

Derived terms

劬勞顧復／劬劳顾复

生我劬勞／生我劬劳

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