孤苦伶仃

Chinese

		orphaned and wretched	lonely; lonesome; solitary lonely; lonesome; solitary; alone and helpless; emaciated; scrawny; skin and bones
trad. (孤苦伶仃)		孤苦	伶仃
simp. #(孤苦伶仃)		孤苦	伶仃
alternative forms		孤苦零丁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gūkǔlíngdīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ fu² ling⁴ ding¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gūkǔlíngdīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gukǔlíngding
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹-kʻu³-ling²-ting¹
    • Yale: gū-kǔ-líng-dīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gukuulingding
    • Palladius: гукулиндин (gukulindin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu¹ fu² ling⁴ ding¹
    • Yale: gū fú lìhng dīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ fu² ling⁴ ding¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ fu² ling⁴ ding¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ fuː³⁵ lɪŋ²¹ tɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

孤苦伶仃

1. solitary and impoverished