HSK 5 vocabulary › 痛苦
痛苦
痛苦 in English: pain; suffering
tòng kǔ
pain; suffering
How to pronounce 痛苦
tòng kǔ (without tone marks: tong ku). tòng is a fourth (sharply falling) tone; kǔ is a third (low, dipping) tone.
Characters in 痛苦
痛 tòng
ache; pain; sorrow
ache; pain; sorrow
苦 kǔ
bitter; hardship; pain
bitter; hardship; pain
Related words
| 苦 | kǔ | bitter; hardship | HSK 4 |
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | exhausting; hard | HSK 4 |
| 痛快 | tòng kuài | delighted; to one's heart's content | HSK 5 |
| 艰苦 | jiān kǔ | difficult; hard | HSK 5 |
| 刻苦 | kè kǔ | hardworking; assiduous | HSK 5 |
| 吃苦 | chī kǔ | to bear hardships | HSK 6 |
| 苦尽甘来 | kǔ jìn gān lái | bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning | HSK 6 |
| 苦涩 | kǔ sè | bitter and astringent; pained | HSK 6 |