Meaning of 吃苦
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
chīkǔ
- to bear hardships
吃苦 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
好奇会吃苦头的。
Curiosity killed the cat.
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吃 chī · to eat · 6 strokes
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苦 kǔ · bitter · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 吃苦.
| 吃饭 | chīfàn | to have a meal; to eat |
| 好吃 | hǎochī | tasty; delicious |
| 痛苦 | tòngkǔ | pain; suffering |
| 吃惊 | chījīng | to be startled; to be shocked |
| 小吃 | xiǎochī | street food; snack |
| 辛苦 | xīnkǔ | exhausting; hard |
| 艰苦 | jiānkǔ | difficult; hard |
| 吃力 | chīlì | to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task |
| 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 |
| 大吃一惊 | dàchī-yījīng | (idiom) astounded; flabbergasted; taken aback |
Questions about 吃苦
What does 吃苦 mean?
吃苦 (chīkǔ) means "to bear hardships".
How do you write 吃苦?
吃苦 is made of 2 characters: 吃 (6 strokes), 苦 (8 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 吃苦 an HSK word?
Yes. 吃苦 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.