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艰苦 jiānkǔ

艰苦 jiānkǔ Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 艰苦 jiānkǔ .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiānkǔ | jian1 ku3
English translation
difficult
hard
arduous

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Traditional form

艱苦

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 艰苦 jiānkǔ

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jiān

Type

pictophonetic

Phonetic compound

jǐn

Semantic compound

gěn

Positional decomposition

又艮

Number of Strokes

8

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

cǎo

Positional decomposition

艹古

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 艰苦 jiānkǔ

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编辑 biānjí hǎo 词典 cídiǎn 需要 xūyào shǔ Nián de 艰苦 jiānkǔ 工作 gōngzuò .

It takes years of hard work to compile a good dictionary.

艰苦 jiānkǔ 安家 ān jiā .

We'll go and settle down where conditions are hardest.

shì 艰苦 jiānkǔ de 年代 niándài

It was an era of austerity.

不管 bùguǎn 结果 jiēguǒ 如何 rúhé zhè dōu huì shì cháng 艰苦 jiānkǔ de 战斗 zhàndòu

Whatever the outcome, it's going to be one hell of a fight.

翻越 fān yuè 安第斯山脉 Ān dì sī shān mài de 艰苦 jiānkǔ 之行

an arduous journey across the Andes

艰苦 jiānkǔ Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 艰苦 jiānkǔ and their own compounds.

艰苦 jiānkǔ Compounds

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