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All HSK 3.0 Level 7–9 words

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

  1. (adverb) why bother
  2. why suffer
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Examples

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

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