# 苦笑 (kǔxiào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 苦笑 (kǔxiào) means “to smile bitterly; wry smile”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to smile bitterly; wry smile
- Pinyin: kǔxiào (ku3 xiao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 听到这个消息，他只能苦笑。
  Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, tā zhǐnéng kǔxiào.
  Hearing the news, he could only smile bitterly.

## Characters

- [苦](https://hanziro.com/word/ku-bitter/) (kǔ): bitter; hardship
- [笑](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-laugh/) (xiào): to laugh; to smile

https://hanziro.com/word/ku-xiao-smile-bitterly/

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