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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 苦力

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
苦力 kǔ lì - bitter work
- hard toil
- (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times

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
- 8 16,789 32,675 20,240

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
苦 kǔ- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly
力 lì- surname Li
力 lì- power
- force
- strength
- ability
- strenuously

Other Words Containing 苦力

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
苦力 - 8 16,789 32,675 20,240