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辛苦 (xīn kǔ): Hard (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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辛苦 consists of 2 characters.
xīn
辛
bitter, spicy; laborious, hard
kǔ
苦
bitter

How to Use 辛苦 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 辛苦 with other words naturally.
Adjective + Nounwith一天
xīn辛
kǔ苦
de的
yī一
tiān天
neutral
a tiring day
Adverb + Adjectivewith很
hěn很
xīn辛
kǔ苦
neutral
very hard/tiring
Subject + Adjectivewith工作
gōng工
zuò作
xīn辛
kǔ苦
Verb + Objectwith你
xīn辛
kǔ苦
nǐ你
le了

Example Sentences with 辛苦

mā妈
mā妈
gōng工
zuò作
hěn很
xīn辛
kǔ苦
neutral
hard work
informal
Spoken
thank you for your hard work
。
Mom works very hard.
nóng农
mín民
de的
gōng工
zuò作
fēi非
cháng常
xīn辛
kǔ苦
。
Farmers' work is very hard.
nín您
xīn辛
kǔ苦
le了
yì一
zhěng整
tiān天
,
qǐng请
zǎo早
diǎn点
xiū休
xi息
ba吧
。
You've worked hard all day, please rest early.
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zhè这
cì次
huó活
dòng动
de的
chéng成
gōng功
jǔ举
bàn办
,
lí离
bù不
kāi开
gè各
wèi位
de的
xīn辛
kǔ苦
fù付
chū出
。
The successful hosting of this event is inseparable from everyone's hard work.
tā他
měi每
tiān天
xué学
xí习
dào到
hěn很
wǎn晚
,
zhēn
nǐ你
jué觉
de得
zhè这
fèn份
xīn新
gōng工
zuò作
xīn辛
suī虽
rán然
rèn任
wu务
hěn很
duō多
,
dàn但
tā他
cóng
wèi为
le了
wán完
chéng成
zhè这
ge个
xiàng项
mù目
,
zhěng
wèi为
le了
zhào照
gù顾
shēng生
bìng病
de的
jiā家
rén人
真
shì是
tài太
xīn辛
kǔ苦
le了
。
He studies until very late every day, which is really hard work.
kǔ
苦
ma吗
?
Do you find this new job hard?
从
bú不
bào抱
yuàn怨
xīn辛
kǔ苦
。
Although there are many tasks, he never complains about the hardship.
整
gè个
tuán团
duì队
dōu都
fù付
chū出
le了
hěn很
duō多
xīn辛
kǔ苦
de的
nǔ努
lì力
。
To complete this project, the entire team has put in a lot of hard work.
,
tā她
xīn辛
kǔ苦
bēn奔
bō波
,
háo毫
wú无
yuàn怨
yán言
。
In order to take care of her sick family member, she worked hard and ran around without any complaint.

HSK 4 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 辛苦.

  • 加班jiā bānover work
  • 减少jiǎn shǎoto reduce; to cut back; decrease
  • 合适hé shìsuitable
  • 加油站jiā yóu zhànpetrol station
  • 否则fǒu zéif not
  • 差不多chà bu duōalmost
  • 反对fǎn duìto fight against; to opposed to something
  • 调查diào cháinvestigation
  • 广播guǎng bōbroadcast
  • 厕所cè suǒtoilets; lavatory
  • 烦恼fán nǎoto be worried
  • 长城Cháng chéngThe Great Wall
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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 辛苦.

Words with 辛
  • 艰辛jiān xīn
  • 辛亥xīn hài
  • 辛勤xīn qín
  • 辛酸xīn suān
Words with 苦
  • 何苦hé kǔ
  • 刻苦kè kǔ
  • 受苦shòu kǔ
  • 吃苦
chī kǔ
  • 挖苦wā kǔ
  • 痛苦tòng kǔ
  • 艰苦jiān kǔ
  • 苦力kǔ lì