吃苦

Chinese

	eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (吃苦/喫苦)	吃/喫	苦
simp. (吃苦)	吃	苦
Literally: “to eat bitterness”.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chīkǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄎㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chihkǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-kʻu³
  - Yale: chr̄-kǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chykuu
  - Palladius: чику (čiku)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hek³ fu²
  - Yale: hek fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hég³ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ fuː³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: qiah⁶ 'ku³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁵ ˈkʰu²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ⁷chiq-khu₃
  - MiniDict: chih^入 khu^上
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵⁵ kʰu³³/
Xiang
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: qia⁶ ku³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ä²² kʰu³³/

吃⫽苦 (verb-object)

to endure hardship; to suffer
只要一家人能團聚，受多少罪，吃多少苦，我都不怕。 [MSC, trad.]
只要一家人能团聚，受多少罪，吃多少苦，我都不怕。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhǐyào yījiārén néng tuánjù, shòu duōshǎo zuì, chī duōshǎo kǔ, wǒ dōu bùpà. [Pinyin]
As long as the family can be reunited, I am willing to endure any kind of hardship that comes my way.