辛苦

Traditional form:

辛苦

Pinyin (reading):

xīnkǔ

Definitions:

• exhausting
• hard
• tough
• arduous
• to work hard
• to go to a lot of trouble
• hardship(s)

Characters:

• 辛 - bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering

Traditional characters:

• 辛 - bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering