HSK 5 vocabulary › 艰苦
艰苦
艰苦 in English: difficult; hard
jiān kǔ
difficult; hard
How to pronounce 艰苦
jiān kǔ (without tone marks: jian ku). jiān is a first (high, level) tone; kǔ is a third (low, dipping) tone.
Characters in 艰苦
艰 jiān
difficult; hard; hardship
difficult; hard; hardship
苦 kǔ
bitter; hardship; pain
bitter; hardship; pain
Related words
| 苦 | kǔ | bitter; hardship | HSK 4 |
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | exhausting; hard | HSK 4 |
| 艰巨 | jiān jù | arduous; terrible (task) | HSK 5 |
| 刻苦 | kè kǔ | hardworking; assiduous | HSK 5 |
| 痛苦 | tòng kǔ | pain; suffering | HSK 5 |
| 艰难 | jiān nán | difficult; hard | HSK 6 |
| 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 |