Chinese edit

8th heavenly stem; tired
 
bitter; intensely; miserable
bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (辛苦)
simp. #(辛苦)
anagram 苦辛

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (16) (29) (29)
Final () (43) (23) (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III I I
Fanqie
Baxter sin khuX khuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siɪn/ /kʰuoX/ /kʰuoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/sin/ /kʰuoX/ /kʰuoH/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjen/ /kʰoX/ /kʰoH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sin/ /kʰɔX/ /kʰɔH/
Li
Rong
/siĕn/ /kʰoX/ /kʰoH/
Wang
Li
/sĭĕn/ /kʰuX/ /kʰuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯ĕn/ /kʰuoX/ /kʰuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
san1 fu2 fu3

Adjective edit

辛苦

  1. laborious; hard; miserable; exhausting

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Verb edit

辛苦

  1. to work hard; to toil; to go through hardship
    辛苦一輩子辛苦一辈子  ―  xīnkǔ yībèizi  ―  to work hard all one's life
  2. (polite) to trouble; to bother (often used to thank someone for assistance; can be used for general assistance over time or a specific act)
    辛苦  ―  xīnkǔ le!  ―  Thanks for your trouble!
    辛苦大家  ―  Xīnkǔ dàjiā le!  ―  Thanks, everyone, for your trouble!
    辛苦 [Cantonese]  ―  san1 fu2 saai3! [Jyutping]  ―  Thank you so much for your trouble!

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Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (辛苦):
  • Japanese: (しん)() (shinku)
  • Korean: 신고(辛苦) (sin'go)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: S

Grade: 3
on’yomi

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Noun edit

(しん)() (shinku

  1. hardship

Verb edit

(しん)()する (shinku surusuru (stem (しん)() (shinku shi), past (しん)()した (shinku shita))

  1. go through great hardship

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References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese edit

辛苦

  1. chữ Hán form of tân khổ (distress).

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