艱苦

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See also: 艰苦

Chinese

difficult; hard; hardship
bitter; intensely; miserable
bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
 
trad. (艱苦)
simp. (艰苦)

Pronunciation


Adjective

艱苦

  1. arduous; laborious
  2. (Hokkien, Teochew) difficult; hard
  3. (Hokkien, Teochew) agonizing; hard to bear; unwell
  4. (Hokkien) poor; impoverished

Synonyms

  • (laborious):
  • (poor):

Derived terms

Verb

艱苦

  1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to fall ill; to be ill
    今仔日艱苦上課 [Hokkien, trad.]
    今仔日艰苦上课 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Góa kin-á-ji̍t kan-khó͘, bô khì siōng-khò. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    I was sick today and I did not attend class.

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (艱苦):
  • Vietnamese: gian khổ (艱苦)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

艱苦

  1. chữ Hán form of gian khổ (hard; difficult; arduous).