xīn kǔ

HSK 5

辛苦 (xīn kǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “exhausting; hard; tough”.

Meanings

  1. 1exhausting
  2. 2hard
  3. 3tough
  4. 4arduous
  5. 5to work hard
  6. 6to go to a lot of trouble
  7. 7hardship(s)
Part of speech
adjective, verb

Characters in 辛苦

辛xīn · (of taste) hot or pungent苦kǔ · bitter

Related words

痛苦pain苦bitter辛普森Simpson (name)辛(of taste) hot or pungent辛surname Xin艰苦difficult受苦to suffer hardship苦难suffering苦恼vexed艰辛hardships苦苦strenuously挖苦to speak sarcastically

Study Chinese with flashcards →