HSK 4 vocabulary › 苦
苦
苦 in English: bitter; hardship
kǔ
bitter; hardship
How to pronounce 苦
kǔ (without tone marks: ku). kǔ is a third (low, dipping) tone.
Characters in 苦
苦 kǔ
bitter; hardship; pain
bitter; hardship; pain
Related words
| 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 |
| 苦涩 | kǔ sè | bitter and astringent; pained | HSK 6 |