辛 xīn

bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem

HSK 4 #1463

DEFINITIONS

  • bitter
  • toilsome, laborious
  • 8th heavenly stem
  • surname Xin
  • (of taste) hot or pungent
  • hard
  • laborious
  • suffering
  • eighth in order
  • eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
  • letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  • ancient Chinese compass point: 285°
  • octa

STROKES

WORDS

辛苦 xīn kǔ
HSK 4
exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s)
辛勤 xīn qín
HSK 6
hardworking; industrious
辛普森 xīn pǔ sēn Simpson (name)
艰辛 jiān xīn hardships; arduous; difficult
辛辛那提 xīn xīn nà tí Cincinnati, Ohio
辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ painstakingly; with great trouble
奥斯威辛 ào sī wēi xīn Auschwitz (concentration camp)
辛劳 xīn láo laborious
千辛万苦 qiān xīn wàn kǔ to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations; with difficulty; after some effort
施瓦辛格 shī wǎ xīn gé Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
赫尔辛基 hè ěr xīn jī Helsinki (Swedish Helsingfors), capital of Finland
辛辣 xīn là spicy hot (taste); fig. biting (criticism)
含辛茹苦 hán xīn rú kǔ to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship; to bear one's cross
辛酸 xīn suān pungent (taste); bitter; fig. sad; miserable
奥斯维辛 ào sī wéi xīn Auschwitz (concentration camp)
辛迪加 xīn dí jiā syndicate (loanword)
基辛格 jī xīn gé Henry Kissinger (1923-), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973-1977
不辞辛苦 bù cí xīn kǔ to make nothing of hardships
威斯康辛 wēi sī kāng xīn Wisconsin
玛克辛 mǎ kè xīn Maxine (name)
拉辛 lā xīn Jean Racine (1639-1699), French dramatist
辛巴威 xīn bā wēi Zimbabwe (Tw)
辛格 xīn gé Singh (name)
不辭辛苦 bù cí xīn kǔ to make nothing of hardships
五辛 wǔ xīn see 五葷|五荤[wu3 hun1]
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