徒勞

Chinese

		apprentice; disciple	toil
trad. (徒勞)		徒	勞
simp. (徒劳)		徒	劳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): túláo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ lou⁴
Min Nan (POJ): tô͘-lô͘ / tô͘-lô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: túláo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄌㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: túláo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu²-lao²
  - Yale: tú-láu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twulau
  - Palladius: тулао (tulao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ lou⁴
  - Yale: tòuh lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ lou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ lou̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-lô͘
  - Tâi-lô: tôo-lôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doloo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-lô
  - Tâi-lô: tôo-lô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dolooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³⁻²² lo¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/

Verb

徒勞

to make a futile effort; to work fruitlessly

Derived terms

徒勞無功／徒劳无功 (túláowúgōng)

See also

竹籃打水／竹篮打水 (zhúlándǎshuǐ)

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