劬勞

See also: 劬労

Chinese

		labour	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)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qúláo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˊ ㄌㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyúláo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻü²-lao²
  - Yale: chyú-láu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyulau
  - Palladius: цюйлао (cjujlao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: keoi⁴ lou⁴
  - Yale: kèuih lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: koey⁴ lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kêu⁴ lou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯²¹ lou̯²¹/

Adjective

劬勞

(literary) tired; exhausted; overworked
- 雖則劬勞，其究安宅。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  虽则劬劳，其究安宅。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 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.
- 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 約伯記 [Job] 15:20:
  
  惡人一生之日、劬勞痛苦、強暴人一生的年數、也是如此。 [MSC, trad.]
  恶人一生之日、劬劳痛苦、强暴人一生的年数、也是如此。 [MSC, simp.]
  Èrén yīshēng zhī rì, qúláo tòngkǔ, qiángbào rén yīshēng de niánshù, yěshì rúcǐ. [Pinyin]
  The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor. (English Revised Version)

Derived terms

劬勞顧復／劬劳顾复
生我劬勞／生我劬劳

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (劬勞):

→ Vietnamese: cù lao (劬勞)

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