苦恼 meaning in English

kǔnǎo

vexed; distressed

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 苦惱17 strokes

Meaning of 苦恼

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kǔnǎo
  1. vexed
  2. distressed

苦恼 in example sentences

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

她tā承chéng认rèn她tā很hěn苦kǔ恼nǎo。
She acknowledged she was upset.

Stroke order for each character

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苦 kǔ · bitter · 8 strokes

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恼 nǎo · angry · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 苦恼.

痛苦tòngkǔpain; suffering
辛苦xīnkǔexhausting; hard
艰苦jiānkǔdifficult; 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
烦恼fánnǎoto be worried; to be distressed
受苦shòukǔto suffer hardship
苦难kǔnànsuffering
挖苦wākuto speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks
何苦hékǔwhy bother?; is it worth the trouble?
苦力kǔlìbitter work; hard toil
刻苦kèkǔhardworking; assiduous
吃苦chīkǔto bear hardships

Questions about 苦恼

What does 苦恼 mean?

苦恼 (kǔnǎo) means "vexed; distressed" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 苦恼?

苦恼 is made of 2 characters: 苦 (8 strokes), 恼 (9 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 苦恼 an HSK word?

Yes. 苦恼 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 苦恼 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 苦恼 is written 苦惱.