fu2 co2苦楚
Jyutpingfu2 co2
Yalefú chó
Definition
Physical or mental pain and suffering; misery.
neutralemotion
How it's used
Focuses on the emotional or psychological weight of hardship rather than physical injury. It often implies a sense of lingering sorrow or a heavy burden that someone carries internally. While it can describe external circumstances, it is most evocative when describing the quiet, personal struggle of a person's life.
Examples
When she talked about her past suffering, tears started flowing.
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Common mistake
Do not use this to describe physical pain like a headache or a cut, as those are better expressed with 痛. It is reserved for deeper, more abstract forms of suffering.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
