辛
苦

Exhausting in Chinese: 辛苦 (xīn kǔ)

xīn kǔ

exhausting

HSK 3.0 Level 52 example sentences

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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辛
苦

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄣ

xīn

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

ㄎㄨˇ

kǔ

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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

  • 大家辛苦了！

    dà jiā xīn kǔ le！

    Good job, everyone!

  • 做教师很辛苦。

    zuò jiào shī hěn xīn kǔ。

    Being a teacher is very hard work.

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Related words

苦

kǔ

bitter

艰苦

jiān kǔ

difficult

刻苦

kè kǔ

hardworking

痛苦

tòng kǔ

pain

吃苦

chī kǔ

to bear hardships

何苦

hé kǔ

why bother?

艰辛

jiān xīn

hardships

苦力

kǔ lì

bitter work

苦练

kǔ liàn

to train hard

苦难

kǔ nàn

suffering

苦恼

kǔ nǎo

vexed

苦笑

kǔ xiào

to force a smile

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