刻
苦

Hardworking in Chinese: 刻苦 (kè kǔ)

kè kǔ

hardworking

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-92 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1hardworking
  2. 2assiduous

Stroke order

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刻
苦

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄜˋ

kè

ㄎ/ kㄜ/ eˋ/ fourth tone

ㄎㄨˇ

kǔ

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

See 刻苦 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他比您更刻苦。

    tā bǐ nín gèng kè kǔ。

    He's even more hardworking than you are.

  • 她比您更刻苦。

    tā bǐ nín gèng kè kǔ。

    She's even more hardworking than you are.

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Related words

刻

kè

quarter (hour)

苦

kǔ

bitter

辛苦

xīn kǔ

exhausting

艰苦

jiān kǔ

difficult

立刻

lì kè

forthwith

深刻

shēn kè

profound

时刻

shí kè

time

痛苦

tòng kǔ

pain

此刻

cǐ kè

this moment

吃苦

chī kǔ

to bear hardships

雕刻

diāo kè

to carve

何苦

hé kǔ

why bother?

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