苦头 meaning in English

kǔtou

sufferings

Traditional 苦頭13 strokes

Meaning of 苦头

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kǔtou
  1. sufferings

苦头 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

好hào奇qí会huì吃chī苦kǔ头tóu的de。
Curiosity killed the cat.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

苦 kǔ · bitter · 8 strokes

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头 tóu · head · 5 strokes

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  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 苦头.

头发tóufahair (on the head)
里头lǐtouinside; interior
点头diǎntóuto nod
痛苦tòngkǔpain; suffering
石头shítoustone
头脑tóunǎobrains; mind
木头mùtouwood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
老头儿lǎotóursee 老頭子|老头子[lao3 tou2 zi5]
镜头jìngtóucamera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc)
骨头gǔtoubone; moral character
后头hòutoubehind; the back
前头qiántouin front; at the head

Questions about 苦头

What does 苦头 mean?

苦头 (kǔtou) means "sufferings".

How do you write 苦头?

苦头 is made of 2 characters: 苦 (8 strokes), 头 (5 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

How is 苦头 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 苦头 is written 苦頭.