苦海

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (苦海)		苦	海

Calque of Sanskrit दुःख समुद्र (duḥkha samudra).

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kǔhǎi [Phonetic: kúhǎi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuuhae
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² hoi²
  - Yale: fú hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² hoi²
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khú-hói
  - Hakka Romanization System: ku` hoi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ku³ hoi³
  - IPA: /kʰu³¹ ho̯i³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-hái
  - Tâi-lô: khóo-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofhae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ haɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ haɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ haɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ haɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ haɪ⁴¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: khu he (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰv̩ʷ³³ he̞⁴⁴/

苦海

(Buddhism) the sea of bitterness; the ocean of suffering; the abyss of misery; this (weary) world

脫離苦海 / 脱离苦海 ― tuōlí kǔhǎi ― to escape from the abyss of misery

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