辛 (san1 | xin1) : hard; sad; pungent

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辛

san1

xin1

[1] hard; laborious
[2] sad; miserable
[3] pungent; hot (in flavour); acrid
[4] eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems
[5] a Chinese family name

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: (#160)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

辛

Don't confuse with:
幸

This word has been viewed 8369 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Jul 2009 05:00

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辛苦 san1 fu2 xin1 ku3 = difficult; laborious

辛勤 san1 kan4 xin1 qin2 = hardworking; industrious

辛普森一家 san1 pou2 sam1 jat1 gaa1 xin1 pu3 sen1 yi1 jia1 = "The Simpsons"

不辭辛苦 bat1 ci4 san1 fu2 bu4 ci2 xin1 ku3 = make nothing of hardships 國

辛酸 san1 syun1 = bitter, sad

勞力辛苦 lou4 lik6 san1 fu2 = hard working

搵苦嚟辛 wan2 fu2 lei4/lai4 san1 = ask for trouble 粵

攞苦嚟辛 lo2 fu2 lei4/lai4 san1 = ask for trouble 粵

辛苦晒 san1 fu2 saai3 = sorry to cause you so much trouble 粵

辛苦搵嚟自在食 san1 fu2 wan2 lei4 zi6 zoi6 sik6 = to work very hard for food 粵
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Showing 1 example containing 辛

我係非常贊同辛苦搵嚟自在食嘅講法,何必委屈自己粵
I agree with the saying that one should work hard and play hard. Why treat yourself so badly?

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 辛
Unicode code for this character: U+8f9b (off-site link)

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