# 苦 (kǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 苦 (kǔ) means “bitter; hardship”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: bitter; hardship
- Pinyin: kǔ (ku3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 这个药很苦，我不想喝。
  Zhège yào hěn kǔ, wǒ bù xiǎng hē.
  This medicine is very bitter, I don't want to drink it.

https://hanziro.com/word/ku-bitter/

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