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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 甘苦

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
甘苦 gān kǔ - good times and hardships
- joys and tribulations
- for better or for worse

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 52,783 43,018 33,106

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gān- surname Gan
- abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1su4 Sheng3]
gān- (bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦[ku3]: bitter, unpleasant)
- to be willing (to do sth)
- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly

Other Words Containing 甘苦

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
甘苦 - - 52,783 43,018 33,106