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

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• 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

1. (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)