Meaning of 刻苦
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
kèkǔ
- hardworking
- assiduous
刻苦 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我知道你学得非常刻苦。
I know you've been studying very hard.
他比您更刻苦。
He's even more hardworking than you are.
她比您更刻苦。
She's even more hardworking than you are.
经过多年的刻苦训练，她终于破茧成蝶，赢得了冠军。
After many years of grueling training, she finally made a breakthrough and won the championship.
Stroke order for each character
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刻 kè · quarter · 8 strokes
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苦 kǔ · bitter · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 刻苦.
| 痛苦 | tòngkǔ | pain; suffering |
| 立刻 | lìkè | immediately; at once; right away |
| 时刻 | shíkè | time; juncture |
| 深刻 | shēnkè | profound; deep |
| 辛苦 | xīnkǔ | exhausting; hard |
| 此刻 | cǐkè | this moment; now |
| 艰苦 | jiānkǔ | difficult; hard |
| 酸甜苦辣 | suān-tián-kǔ-là | (lit.) sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom); (fig.) all kinds of flavors; the joys and so |
| 受苦 | shòukǔ | to suffer hardship |
| 苦难 | kǔnàn | suffering |
| 刻意 | kèyì | intentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously |
| 雕刻 | diāokè | to carve; to engrave |
Questions about 刻苦
What does 刻苦 mean?
刻苦 (kèkǔ) means "hardworking; assiduous" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 刻苦?
刻苦 is made of 2 characters: 刻 (8 strokes), 苦 (8 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 刻苦 an HSK word?
Yes. 刻苦 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.