孤苦伶仃

Chinese

		orphaned and wretched	lonely; lonesome; solitary lonely; lonesome; solitary; alone and helpless; emaciated; scrawny; skin and bones
simp. and trad. (孤苦伶仃)		孤苦	伶仃
alt. forms		孤苦零丁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gūkǔlíngdīng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ fu² ling⁴ ding¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gūkǔlíngdīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gukuulingding
  - IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ liŋ³⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu¹ fu² ling⁴ ding¹
  - Yale: gū fú lìhng dīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ fu² ling⁴ ding¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ fu² ling⁴ ding¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ fuː³⁵ lɪŋ²¹ tɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

孤苦伶仃

solitary and impoverished

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