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苛刻

苛刻

Chinese

		severe; exacting	quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive
simp. and trad. (苛刻)		苛	刻

Adjective

苛刻

harsh; demanding

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kēkè

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho¹ hak¹
Min Nan (POJ): kho-khiak / kho-khek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kēkè
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜㄎㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kekeh
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho¹ hak¹
  - Yale: hō hāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho¹ hak⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔː⁵⁵ hɐk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho-khiak
  - Tâi-lô: kho-khiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoi'qiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɤ³³ kʰiak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho-khek
  - Tâi-lô: kho-khik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoi'qeg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɤ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɤ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɪk̚³²/