# 何苦 (hékǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 何苦 (hékǔ) means “(adverb) why bother; why suffer”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (adverb) why bother; why suffer
- Pinyin: hékǔ (he2 ku3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 你这又是何苦呢？
  Nǐ zhè yòu shì hékǔ ne?
  Why bother making things hard for yourself?

## Characters

- 何 (hé): what; how
- [苦](https://hanziro.com/word/ku-bitter/) (kǔ): bitter; hardship

https://hanziro.com/word/he-ku-why-bother/

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