# 刻苦 (kèkǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 刻苦 (kèkǔ) means “hardworking; assiduous”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: hardworking; assiduous
- Pinyin: kèkǔ (ke4 ku3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 她学习一直非常刻苦。
  Tā xuéxí yìzhí fēicháng kèkǔ.
  She has always been very hardworking in her studies.

## Characters

- [刻](https://hanziro.com/word/ke-quarter/) (kè): quarter (hour); moment
- [苦](https://hanziro.com/word/ku-bitter/) (kǔ): bitter; hardship

https://hanziro.com/word/ke-ku-hardworking/

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