English
- small, petty
- severe
- harsh, rigorous
- exacting
- severe
- strenuous
粵語
- 太過嚴厲，令人無法忍受
- 太過繁重，令人無法忍受
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 苛
- 苛刻ho1 hak1
harsh; severe; demanding
- 嚴苛jim4 ho1
severe
- 苛求ho1 kau4
demanding
- 苛責ho1 zaak3
to criticize harshly
- 苛性ho1 sing3
caustic (chemistry)
- 苛捐ho1 gyun1
exorbitant levies
- 苛性鈉ho1 sing3 naap6
sodium hydroxide NaOH; caustic soda
- 苛性鉀ho1 sing3 gaap3
caustic potash
- 蠲苛gyun1 ho1
- 苛求高ho1 kau4 gou1
to be very demanding [written and colloquial]
- 苛捐雜稅ho1 gyun1 zaap6 seoi3
exorbitant taxation (idiom)
- 苛政猛於虎ho1 zing3 maang5 jyu1 fu2
tyranny or a harsh policy is fiercer than a tiger