苦口婆心

Chinese

		to be bitter to the taste; to admonish earnestly	kind-heartedness; kindness
trad. (苦口婆心)		苦口	婆心
simp. ^#(苦口婆心)		苦口	婆心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǔkǒupóxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄆㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² hau² po⁴ sam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǔkǒupóxīn [Phonetic: kúkǒupóxīn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄆㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǔkǒupósin
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu³-kʻou³-pʻo²-hsin¹
  - Yale: kǔ-kǒu-pwó-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuukoouporshin
  - Palladius: кукоупосинь (kukouposinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² hau² po⁴ sam¹
  - Yale: fú háu pòh sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² hau² po⁴ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² heo² po⁴ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ pʰɔː²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

苦口婆心

to persuade earnestly and patiently

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