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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 吃苦

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
吃苦 chī kǔ - to bear hardships

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
6 9 31,509 14,731 10,328

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
吃 chī- to eat; to consume
- to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
- to eradicate; to destroy
- to absorb
- to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
吃 chī- variant of 吃[chi1]
苦 kǔ- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly

Other Words Containing 吃苦

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
吃苦 6 9 31,509 14,731 10,328
吃苦头 - - 31,578 70,555 68,941
吃苦耐劳 - - 49,848 29,970 30,306