HSK 6 vocabulary › 苦涩
苦涩
苦涩 in English: bitter and astringent; pained
kǔ sè
bitter and astringent; pained
How to pronounce 苦涩
kǔ sè (without tone marks: ku se). kǔ is a third (low, dipping) tone; sè is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 苦涩
苦 kǔ
bitter; hardship; pain
bitter; hardship; pain
涩 sè
astringent; tart; acerbity
astringent; tart; acerbity
Related words
| 苦 | kǔ | bitter; hardship | HSK 4 |
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | exhausting; hard | HSK 4 |
| 艰苦 | jiān kǔ | difficult; hard | HSK 5 |
| 刻苦 | kè kǔ | hardworking; assiduous | HSK 5 |
| 痛苦 | tòng kǔ | pain; suffering | 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 |