lao phiền
Pronunciation
IPA
Northern
/laːw˧˧ fiə̤n˨˩/
Central
/laːw˧˥ fiəŋ˧˧/
Southern
/laːw˧˧ fiəŋ˨˩/
toilsome
Adjective
toilsome
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
toilsome Work & Money
Describing a task that requires hard physical work and causes significant mental stress.
vi Đây là một công việc lao phiền và mệt mỏi.
en This is a toilsome and tiring task.
Parts
lao / phiền / 勞煩
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Parts
lao / phiền / 勞煩
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
勞煩
Candidates by syllable
lao
勞（牢 / 嘮 / 嶗 / 癆）
phiền
煩
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
lo phiền / làm phiền / buồn phiền / ưu phiền …
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Similar
lo phiền / làm phiền / buồn phiền / ưu phiền …
Use
lao động / cù lao / giải lao / công lao …
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Use
lao động / cù lao / giải lao / công lao …