孝こう行こう

こうこう koukou

filial piety

nounする verbな-adjective

Chinese meanings

孝顺；孝敬

Chinese notes

谚语意思是想尽孝时父母已不在人世。

Examples

Furigana

孝こう行こうしたいときに親おやはなし。
When one would be filial, one's parents are gone.
想要孝顺的时候，父母却已不在了。
Tatoeba #173741

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('4a553ba46b'); // 孝行

{
  "id": "4a553ba46b",
  "word": "孝行",
  "reading": "こうこう",
  "romaji": "koukou",
  "meanings": [
    "filial piety"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "adj-na"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1277880,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "孝行したいときに親はなし。",
      "furigana": "{孝行|こうこう}したいときに{親|おや}はなし。",
      "en": "When one would be filial, one's parents are gone.",
      "tatoeba_id": 173741
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "192643cb15047202859e3ea1249662c838000c4d735a9ab5b997353849d08724",
    "meanings": [
      "孝顺",
      "孝敬"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "孝行したいときに親はなし。",
        "zh": "想要孝顺的时候，父母却已不在了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/4a553ba46b",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1277880; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "notes": "谚语意思是想尽孝时父母已不在人世。",
    "review_hash": "383987cc1db4b9a07ab3fbae97de7cea9dc9a138e3e6cf4a208bd93975f4b9bd"
  }
}