辛苦 meaning and pronunciation

辛苦
Simplified/traditional word

辛苦 English definition

xīn kǔ
  • hard
  • exhausting
  • with much toil
  • thanks for your trouble

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Characters

  • 辛 (xīn): (of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious; suffering; eighth in order; eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; letter 'H' or roman 'VIII' in list 'A, B, C', or 'I, II, III' etc; octa;
  • 苦 (kǔ): bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly;

Sentences examples with 辛苦

  • 爸爸的工作很辛苦。
    Bàba de gōngzuò hěn xīnkǔ.