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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 叫苦

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
叫苦 jiào kǔ - to whine about hardships
- to complain of one's bitter lot
- to complain
- to grumble

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 53,911 30,770 33,012

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
叫 jiào- to shout
- to call
- to order
- to ask
- to be called
- by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
叫 jiào- variant of 叫[jiao4]
苦 kǔ- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly

Other Words Containing 叫苦

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
叫苦 - - 53,911 30,770 33,012
叫苦不迭 - - 89,650 43,406 71,909